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Pneumatic retinopexy considered first-line treatment for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
BOSTON — Pneumatic retinopexy as first-line treatment in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment yielded better visual results and less morbidity than vitrectomy, according to 1-year results of the PIVOT trial.“Pneumatic retinopexy as per PIVOT trial criteria should be considered and offered to patients before vitrectomy in phakic and pseudophakic patients,” Rajeev H. Muni, MD, MSC, FRCS(C), said at the American Society of Retina Specialists meeting.