What do systematic reviews say?

Pneumatic retinopexy vs scleral buckle

Pneumatic retinopexy may leads to higher proportion of eyes with final BCVA 20/40 or better at 6 months compared with scleral buckle (low certainty).

• Pneumatic retinopexy versus scleral buckle for repairing simple rhegmatogenous retinal detachments 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.31 [1.04, 1.65]
  Studies not reported
  Low