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¹Ophthalmologist, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Türkiye
²Associate Professor, Uzunkopru State Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Edirne, Turkiye
³Ophthalmologist, Trakya University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Edirne, Türkiye DOI : 10.37845/ret.vit.2022.31.47 We describe a case of recurrent retinal detachment due to postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy and spontaneous reattachment. A 48-year-old male who had undergone right cataract surgery 6 months earlier in a different centre presented with bilateral vision deficiency. Fundus examination revealed bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. We performed pars plana vitrectomy of the right eye, with 16% perfluoropropane gas endotamponade and pneumatic retinopexy of the left eye, with sulphur hexafluoride gas used as the endotamponade agent. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy and recurrent retinal detachment of the right eye occurred 9 weeks postoperatively. The retina reattached spontaneously in approximately 4 weeks. This case demonstrates that the retina can reattach spontaneously within a few weeks after spontaneous separation of tractional forces in recurrent retinal detachment due to post-vitrectomy proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Keywords : spontaneous reattachment; pars plana vitrectomy; proliferative vitreoretinopathy; recurrent retinal detachment; rhegmatogenous retinal detachment