title: Clinical experience of external -route retinal detachment surgery under a surgical microscope.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of external-route retinal reattachment surgery under a surgical microscope.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 86 patients (86 eyes) with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment underwent external-route retinal detachment surgery under a surgical microscope. Drainage of subretinal fluid, transscleral cryotherapy, scleral buckling, and intravitreal injection of gas were performed intraoperatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 85 patients, 81 achieved postoperative retinal re-attachment after the first surgery and 5 after two surgeries. The visual acuity was elevated in 67 patients, unchanged in 15, and decreased in 4.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  External-route retinal reattachment surgery under a surgical microscope is a convenient procedure for physicians to master and worthy of widespread application in clinical settings.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods; D017679:Cryotherapy; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D058449:Intravitreal Injections; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D058471:Subretinal Fluid; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D005740:Gases