Scleral buckling technique without retinopexy for treatment of rhegmatogeneous: a pilot study.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of retinopexy in the surgical management of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) without proliferative vitreoretinopathy. The primary outcome was retinal attachment, and secondary outcomes were visual acuity results and complications.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial including 60 patients with RD caused by a break or a group of breaks no larger than one clock hour.