False statement regarding retinal detachment is: September 2011: (A) Rhegmatogenous detachment is commonest type, (B) May follow aphakia/ pseudophakia, (C) Fellow eye is never involved, (D) Surgery has good success rate
Answer is C. Ans. C: Fellow eye is never involved The risk of developing a retinal detachment in the fellow eye of such patients ranges from about 15% in phakic eyes, to over a third in aphakic or pseudophakic eyes