title: Drainage of subretinal fluid during scleral buckling surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the study is to compare the drainage of subretinal fluid (SRF) in a scleral pocket (SP) with incision parallel to the limbus to drainage through a simple radial scleral thinning (ST), during scleral buckling surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective cohort study of one hundred sixty-nine consecutive buckling surgery for RRD, where a drainage puncture was performed through SP in eighty-five cases and through previous radial ST in eighty-four cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PT shows significant lower complication rate. The incidence of retinal incarceration or formation of a retinal hole at the first drainage site is lower in PT group (p=0.0285). During surgery choroidal detachment have been observed in a higher percentage of cases in the SP group (p=0.0379). At the end of the surgery a certain amount of SRF behind the buckling was significant in ST group (p=0.0026).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SP drainage technique appears to be a useful, effective and safe method to drain SRF.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malagola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pannarale
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tortorella
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arrico
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity