TY - JOUR AU - Jahangir, Tehmina AU - Tayyab, Haroon AU - Naeem, Muhammad AU - Lateef, Qasim AU - Khan, Asad Aslam PY - 2016/01/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - MODIFIED SCLERAL BUCKLING WITH A NON-CONTACT WIDE ANGLE VIEWING SYSTEM AND A 25G CHANDELIER ENDOILLUMINTOR JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 21 IS - 4 SE - Surgery & Allied DO - 10.21649/akemu.v21i4.761 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/761 SP - 219 AB - <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><strong>Purpose:  </strong>To evaluate the outcome of scleral buckling surgery using a wide – angle non-contact viewing system and chandelier endoillumination for per-operative fundus visualization in patients with non-complex rhegmatogenous retinal detachments.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:   </strong>This was a prospective, interventional study carried out at the Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Hospital Lahore over a period of six months. Non-probability convenience sampling technique was employed. Fifteen eyes of fifteen pati-ents underwent modified scleral buckling procedure for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment using a 25G Awh Chandelier (inserted into the sclera through the pars plana) and wide angle viewing system to view the fundus intraoperatively instead of the conventional Indirect Ophthalmoscope.</p><p><strong>Results:  </strong>The mean age of the patients in this study group was 41.9 ± 12.4 years. Out of fifteen patients, 13 had flat retinas postoperatively. Two patients had to undergo pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade due to development of retinal detachment secon-dary to PVR.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:  </strong>Modified scleral buckling with the con-current use of a chandelier light and wide angle viewing system provides an easier and more convenient means of visualizing the fundus under panoramic viewing conditions intraoperatively.</p><p><strong>Key Words:  </strong>Wide – angle viewing system. Retinal detachment. Scleral buckling. Endoillumination.</p> ER -