Purpose: To determine the clinical course of patients treated for acute symptomatic horseshoe retinal tears (HSTs). Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed of patients presenting between January 2014 and December 2021 with acute onset of floaters and/or flashes who were found to have horseshoe retinal tear HRT(s) without retinal detachment (RD). Patients were included if they had at least 3 months of follow-up. Exclusion criteria were a rhegmatogenous RD (RRD) at initial presentation, asymptomatic HST(s), operculated hole, atrophic hole, retinal dialysis, history of trauma, or previous retinal surgery. Charts were reviewed for subsequent new HST(s), progression to RRD, and development of epiretinal membrane (ERM). Characteristics, including age, sex, eye laterality, phakic status, high myopia, lattice degeneration, and vitreous hemorrhage (VH) at initial presentation, were also noted. The main outcome measures were the percentage and timing of subsequent new HST(s), progression to RRD, and development of ERM. Results: The study included 216 eyes (199 patients). The mean age was 60.4 years. Of the eyes, 27.3% had lattice degeneration and 6.5% high myopia. At presentation, 25.9% of eyes had a VH. Twenty-seven eyes (12.5%) experienced new tear(s); 63.0% occurred between 1 month and 3 months. Progression to RRD occurred in 15 eyes (6.9%); 53.3% occurred within 3 months. On multivariate logistic regression, VH was a significant risk factor (odds ratio, 6.48; P = .002) for progression to new HST(s) or RRD. Conclusions: Eyes treated for acute symptomatic HSTs require ongoing follow-up. Although new retinal tears and progression to RRD tends to occur within 3 months, these events can occur later.

Purpose: To determine the safety and efficacy of fellow-eye laser prophylaxis (FELP) in reducing the rate of retinal detachment (RD) in patients undergoing repair of a primary RD. Methods: Retrospective data were collected on the fellow eyes of consecutive patients undergoing primary RD repair. Patients lacking peripheral retinal pathology in the fellow eye or with less than 3 years of follow-up were excluded. Ninety-eight consecutive patients were identified who underwent FELP as compared with 28 who did not. No patient had symptoms in their fellow eye upon presentation. Rates of RD and epiretinal membrane (ERM) formation in the treatment group were compared with the control group. Results: Three of 98 (3.1%) patients developed RD despite having FELP compared with 5 of 28 (17.9%) in the control group (P = .005). In the FELP group, 16 (16.3%) patients developed ERM vs 7 of 28 (25.0%) in the group that did not receive prophylactic laser (P = .29). No patients in either the FELP or control group required surgery for ERM. Conclusions: Prophylactic laser to the fellow eye of patients undergoing primary RD repair reduced the risk of RD without significant risk of ERM formation.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship of gender with laser retinopexy for retinal breaks in the Pakistani population.
METHODS: This was a 10-year retrospective observational study conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. All consecutive patients who underwent laser retinopexy between January 2009 and December 2018 for a retinal tear or high-risk retinal degeneration (such as lattice degeneration) were included in this study. Data were collected from patients\' files. Index eyes with a history of or treatment for retinal detachment were excluded. A structured pro forma was used to collect information. Descriptive statistics were used to explore the relationship between gender and laser retinopexy.
RESULTS: We identified 12,457 patients through the coding system of our hospital who underwent various laser procedures from January 2009 to December 2018. Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) laser, laser peripheral iridotomy (PI), and laser trabeculoplasty procedures were all excluded. A total of 3,472 patients\' files were reviewed for this study, out of which 958 patients met the inclusion criteria. Males accounted for a higher number (n=515, 53.87%). The mean age was 43.99±15.37 years. For exploratory analysis, participants were divided into five age groups: <30 years (24.16%); 31-40 years (16.59%); 41-50 years (19.45%); 51-60 years (26.40%); and >60 years (13.49%). Bilateral laser retinopexy was performed in 48.12% of patients; 24.79% and 27.13% of patients underwent unilateral laser retinopexy for the right and left eyes, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: In our cohort study, laser retinopexy was more commonly performed in men than in women. The ratio was not significantly different from the prevalence of retinal tears and retinal detachment in the general population, which has a slightly higher male preponderance. We did not find evidence of significant gender bias among patients who underwent laser retinopexy in our study.

This study aimed to demonstrate the laser retinopexy method through the gas bubble under a slit-lamp biomicroscope using a wide-field contact lens to treat rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with pneumatic retinopexy (PR) and report its anatomical and functional results. This single-center, retrospective case series included RRD patients treated with PR using sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). The demographics, preoperative factors, and anatomical and functional outcomes were collected from the patient files. The single-procedure success rate of PR at postoperative 6th months was 70.8% (17/24 eyes), and the final success rate after secondary surgeries was 100%. The BCVA was better in the successful PR eyes at postoperative 3rd (p = 0.011) and 6th month (p = 0.016) than in failed eyes. No single preoperative factor was associated with PR success. The single-procedure success rate of PR using the laser retinopexy method through the gas bubble with a wide-field contact lens system seems comparable to the PR literature.

UNASSIGNED: At the start of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic placed an unprecedented burden on the healthcare system. Throughout much of the United States, shelter-in-place orders were imposed to reduce transmission. A consequence of this crisis, risk mitigation orders, and patient fear of exposure may have led to underutilization of emergency services. We aimed to quantify 2 emergent interventions in ophthalmology, specifically acute laser retinopexy procedures and retinal detachment repair, to determine whether these procedures decreased during the start of the pandemic.
UNASSIGNED: All retinal detachment surgeries and laser retinopexy procedures were identified using Current Procedural Terminology codes. Rate data during the study period (March 1 through May 31, 2020) was compared to historical data from the year prior (March 2019 through May 2019; epoch 1) as well as the immediate 3 months prior to the study period (December 2019 through February 2020; epoch 2).
UNASSIGNED: Combined procedures fell by 38.5% (P = .01) and 36.0% (P = .02) when compared to epoch 1 and epoch 2, respectively. The rate of laser retinopexy procedures fell by 45.5% (P = .02) and 33.0% (P = .14) when compared to epoch 1 and epoch 2, respectively. The rate of retinal detachment repair fell by 29.4% (P = .24) and 38.0% (P = .07) when compared to epoch 1 and epoch 2, respectively.
UNASSIGNED: Procedures fell during the study period, suggesting underutilization of emergent ophthalmology care. It is necessary for ophthalmologists to emphasize the need to seek care for concerning symptoms.

UNASSIGNED: This study evaluates a new surgical technique consisting of minimal vitreous removal under air (minimal interface vitrectomy; MIV) to reduce postoperative complications while preserving the ability to address surgical factors at the retinal break.
UNASSIGNED: This retrospective analysis examined the outcomes of minimal interface vitrectomies in consecutive cases, with a minimum 12-month follow-up period, of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), recurrent RRD after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), or failed surgery after primary scleral buckling surgery (SBS).
UNASSIGNED: Twelve eyes of 12 patients with RRD underwent MIV. The total surgical duration was 190-300 s (mean, 245.25 s). Eight (66.7%) eyes were treated with cryotherapy, and 4 (33.3%) with endolaser to seal the retinal break. Successful, complete retinal reattachment was achieved in all eyes and maintained during follow-up. No intra- or postoperative complications occurred and no patients developed inflammation or cataract during follow-up.
UNASSIGNED: We effectively removed traction and subretinal fluid and treated breaks with endolaser or cryotherapy by using a novel minimal interface vitrectomy technique in this selected population.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcomes of laser retinopexy for the treatment of retinal tears between residents and specialists, and to identify tear characteristics associated with the risk of progression to retinal detachment (RD).
METHODS: A retrospective review of 307 eyes treated by laser retinopexy, categorized by the performing physician, either a resident (217 cases) or a specialist (90 cases). Recorded parameters included the number, size, and location of the retinal tears, the presence of bridging vessels, vitreous hemorrhage (VH), or subretinal fluid (SRF), the need for additional laser, progression to RD, and surgery.
RESULTS: Additional laser was performed in 42.3% of cases in the resident group and 35.5% in the specialist group (p = 0.26). Progression to RD occurred in 6.9% of cases in the resident group and 5.5% in the specialist group (p = 0.66). The presence of VH and SRF were associated with an increased risk of progression to RD (p < 0.0001 and 0.003, respectively). A higher proportion of cases with SRF were treated by specialists (p = 0.006).
CONCLUSIONS: Laser retinopexy is safely and effectively performed by residents, with no worse outcomes than procedures performed by specialists. A high rate of additional laser may be needed to achieve RD prophylaxis, and higher-risk cases can be identified at presentation and then referred to specialists.

OBJECTIVE: Posterior pole retinal tears occur rarely following blunt trauma. We describe a case of traumatic macular tears, without concurrent peripheral retinal tears or holes.
METHODS: A 17-year-old patient presented to our emergency unit with blunt ocular trauma and multiple maxillofacial fractures after being assaulted. On examination visual acuity was 20/200 in the left eye with scant vitreous and preretinal hemorrhages. Funduscopic examination revealed multiple choroidal ruptures running concentrically to the optic disc, a subretinal macular hemorrhage, and a large macular tear in the area of the inferior vascular arcade just temporal to the macula. Optical coherence tomography revealed subretinal fluid in the foveal area, choroidal ruptures and a slight elevation of the macular retinal tear margins without subretinal fluid. Laser retinopexy was performed around the macular tear nasally. On follow-up, the retina in the lasered area remained flat, while a shallow retinal detachment had developed temporal to the tear, with a second tear appearing supero-temporally to the macula. Laser retinopexy was not possible due to surrounding subretinal hemorrhage. The clinical course was later complicated by macular detachment, necessitating pars plana vitrectomy with endolaser around the posterior tears and the retinal periphery, and silicone oil injection.
CONCLUSIONS: While traumatic macular holes and traumatic macular choroidal ruptures have both been extensively described, posterior pole and macular retinal tears following blunt trauma have rarely been reported. This case illustrates this unusual finding, discussing the possible pathogenic mechanisms and the importance of close follow-up of patients after blunt trauma with appropriate imaging.

UNASSIGNED: To demonstrate the morphological outcomes of macular hole following prophylactic peripheral laser retinopexy (PPLR).
UNASSIGNED: Our retrospective case-control analysis included 92 eyes, 55 in the laser group and 37 in the non-laser group. Fifty-five patients were subjected to prophylactic peripheral laser retinopexy in preparation for pars plana vitrectomy for macular hole, with and without vitreomacular adhesion (laser group). Before and after prophylactic peripheral laser retinopexy, we evaluated any changes in vitreomacular anatomy by optical coherence tomography. Optical coherence tomography changes were also analyzed in the visits preceding pars plana vitrectomy in 37 macular hole eyes not subjected to prophylactic peripheral laser retinopexy (non-laser group).
UNASSIGNED: In the laser group, 7 out of 55 eyes (12.7%) showed macular hole closure (6 out of 18 macular hole eyes with vitreomacular adhesion (33.3%) and 1 out of 37 eyes without vitreomacular adhesion (2.7%)), while no patients showed macular hole closure in the non-laser group (p < 0.05). The mean width of the seven closed macular hole was 191.4 µm (range: 59-282 µm). In all except one of the six macular hole eyes with vitreomacular adhesion, the macular hole closed without vitreomacular adhesion release. In our analysis of the patient subgroup with vitreomacular adhesion, we observed a release of vitreomacular adhesion in 3 out of 18 eyes (16.6%) in the laser group and in 1 out of 13 eyes (7.6%) in the non-laser group (p > 0.05).
UNASSIGNED: These findings support a possible beneficial role for prophylactic peripheral laser retinopexy in selected individuals with macular hole.

BACKGROUND: This study was performed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of intraoperative laser retinopexy in scleral buckling (SB) surgery.
METHODS: This was a retrospective, noncomparative, and interventional study. Records of 25 patients who had undergone intraoperative laser retinopexy during SB were retrospectively analyzed.
RESULTS: All patients were phakic and macula was off in all cases. Adequate intraoperative laser retinopexy was achieved in 22 (88%) patients, and 3 (12%) patients required additional postoperative laser. Retina was attached in all patients at 6-month follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS: Intraoperative laser retinopexy can give comparable results to cryoretinopexy with lesser postoperative complications in SB surgery. Although further comparative studies are needed, this study establishes the feasibility of intraoperative laser retinopexy in SB which has never been described before in the literature as per our knowledge.