Purpose: To evaluate the role of cryopexy in the stimulation of postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
Materials And Methods: A series of 595 eyes of 554 patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, referred before any failed surgery, were prospectively evaluated. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses of the data were conducted.
Purpose: To determine whether the incidence of severe postoperative PVR in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment has decreased over the last twelve years.
Materials And Methods: We prospectively evaluated 595 eyes of 554 consecutive patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, referred before any failed attempt to reattach the retina, managed by the same surgeon between March 1983 and December 1994. The eyes were divided into two consecutive series: 275 eyes operated on from March 1983 through February 1988 (series no.