title: Outcomes of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in myopes of five or more diopters.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze surgical outcomes of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in high myopes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical records of 201 patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgeries for primary retinal detachments were reviewed. Fifty-two eyes of 51 patients with at least 5.00 diopters (D) of myopia were included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean refractive error was -9.8+/-5.4 D (mean +/- SD). Macula was off in 29 (55.8%) eyes. Thirty-six (69.2%) and 16 (30.8%) eyes received scleral buckling (SB) and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), respectively. Primary anatomical success rate was 86.1% and 75.0% in the SB and PPV group, respectively. The anatomical success rate after 2 operations was 94.4% and 100% in the SB and PPV group, respectively. Twenty-three (63.1%) patients from SB group and 10 (62.5%) patients from PPV group attained postoperative best-corrected visual acuity of 20/60 or better.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The anatomical and visual outcomes of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in myopes of five or more diopters seem favorable after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eye Hospital.
authors.forename: Alvin K H
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Lulu L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Marvin W I
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Eva Y Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Dennis S C
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy