Retinal Detachment Following Cataract Surgery

Introduction: The most frequently executed operating technique for cataract worldwide is the extraction of cataract. Development of pseudophakic retinal detachment (PPRD) following surgical extraction of cataract forms a major and growing quantity of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) cases. PPRD is one of the severe, vision-related event and hence there is a need to find out the correlation between PPRD and cataract removal surgeries.

Objectives: There is a different risk of developing PPRD with different methods of cataract extraction. Attempts are made to find the consequence of the new cataract surgery on the danger of retinal detachment and additional factors that modify this risk by collectively drawing the findings of clinical trials investigations in this review. Also, the comparison is made among different cataract surgeries for incidence of PPRD development.

Conclusion: PPRD is an uncommon but significant adverse consequence. According to more recent research, phacoemulsification has a comparable or higher success rate in centers that are experienced with the process. While the exact risk of PPRD related to phacoemulsification is becoming apparent, the specific risk of PPRD attributable to phacoemulsification remains unknown.

Limitations: Small population numbers restrict the available literature. The number of PPRDs that occur is minimal due to their rarity; hence just four of our 16 studies had more than 50 PPRDs. Patients with a past history of RRD were commonly omitted from the available research, and several studies had extremely short follow-up periods. Due to the methodological inconsistencies between the numerous studies evaluated there was restricted assessment of the literature, making direct comparisons more difficult.