Twenty-seven-gauge endoilluminator-assisted scleral buckling using a wide-field viewing system

We report a new scleral buckling technique using a 27-gauge endoilluminator and a wide-field viewing system to overcome the limitations of conventional indirect ophthalmoscope-methods and "chandelier-assisted" surgery.A 26-year-old female patient visited the local clinic for floaters and lower visual field defects in her left eye that had occurred 5 days prior.On fundus examination, upper retinal detachment without macular involvement and an...