Outpatient and Abbreviated Hospitalization for Vitreoretinal Surgery

Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed 255 consecutive scleral buckling and vitrecomy operations dividing the patients into two groups. One group was managed traditionally with general anesthesia and postoperative hospitalization. The second group was managed with local anesthesia and with no hospitalization or whenever possible. There was no difference in the technical or functional success rates achieved in the two groups. We conclude that vitreoretinal surgery may be performed safely and effectively on an outpatients basis in selected cases.