PVR or Proliferative Vitreo-Retinopathy (with video of Endoscopic Membranectomy)

In patients with Retinal Detachment "RD" ,Approximately 8-10% will develop Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) as a most common complication. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy is known simply as scar tissue formation that grows on the surface of the retina and pulls on the retina, causing it to redetach. The scar tissue also puckers the retina into stiff folds, like wrinkled aluminum foil.

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Unfold and reattach the retina is by removal the scar tissue with vitrectomy surgery and then reattach the retina. The lens of the eye almost always has to be removed during the surgery. If an intraocular lens implant is in the eye, it can be left alone.

PVR - Endoscopic Membranectomy