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PURPOSE: The complications observed after 350 surgically treated retinal detachment in the Hospital Universitario de Málaga are retrospectively estudied. METHODS: All the patients attended in our emergency service, surgically treated after retinal detachment diagnosis, are studied. Neither admission requirement nor preselection of patients was established for this study. RESULTS: From the whole of 317 patients, 130 were myopic (41%); previous cataract surgery was present in 32.1%. Retinal reattachment was achieved in 67.9% after the first procedure, in 80.8% after a second and in 82.8% after the third. A relapsed detachment was observed in 112 cases (32%), 62 of which were retreated, observing in 20% a new tear as relapse cause. In one case (0.3%), a permanent central retinal artery after intravitreus gas injection was present. CONCLUSIONS: Neither a prior selection of cases nor the establishment of admission criteria does contribute to a lower success rate after a first procedure. Only in 16.1% of retreated relapse detachment the persistent filtration of the treated tear could be involved as relapse cause. A case of complete blindness after intravitreous injection is worth-noting for its severity and dramatism.
