Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of the Fellow Eye in Bilateral Retinal Detachments

Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of the Fellow Eye in Bilateral Retinal Detachments

To assess the clinical features and the surgical outcomes of RD repair surgery of the fellow eye in bilateral retinal detachments

Bilateral retinal detachment is a rare but sight-threatening disease, that can cause blindness and poor quality of life.

It has been proved that patients who suffer from RD in one eye have a considerably increased risk to subsequently develop an RD in the fellow eye.

It can be expected that patients who experienced a RD in one eye, tend to present sooner when experiencing a RD in the fellow eye, and thus have a greater visual and/or anatomical prognosis.

In this study, we aim to describe characteristics of bilateral RD and compare the initial and subsequent eye in terms of clinical preoperative features, surgical management, and anatomical and visual results.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients that underwent retinal detachment repair surgery for bilateral sequential retinal detachment between January 2016 and December 2023 at the Nancy Regional and University Hospital Center (via pars plana vitrectomy or scleral buckling) and with a minimum of 6 month of post-operative follow-up after the last surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients that underwent surgery at another facility
• Patients with a history of previous vitrectomy or
• Patients with a history of trauma from a penetrating injury or ruptured globe, retinal neovascular condition, hereditary vitreo-retinopathy