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Abstract lntroduaion tmdAim of’th« Work - J ----- z::: INTRODUCTJO· Burton, (1982) published an important article on visual recovery in macula-off retinal detachment after scleral buckling. He found that 75 % of eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment have uncomplicated macula off retinal detachment ’with poor preoperative visual acuity at presentation. Burton (1982) demonstrated a progressive decrease in visual acuity after scleral buckling beginning 00 the fifth day of macular detachment. One line of snellen visual acuity was lost per SUbsequent week of macular detachment up to 27 days. Afterward, one line of snellen visual acuity was lost per additional 10 to II days period until 71 days, when 6/60 was predicted as the average visual acuity outcome. Ross and Eo”y, (1998) examined results after scleral buckling in eyes with macula off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment of 7 days or fewer duration. They showed no statistically significant difference in postoperative anatomic reattachment or visual outcome in eyes repaired anytime within thefirst week of macular detachment. Hassan et at; (2002) recently examined results after scleral buck! ing to eyes with macula off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. They found tbat visual acuity after scleral bucklingof 6/12 or better was seen in 71 % of eyes with a duration of macular detachment of to days or fewer. These results were better than the visual acuity in eyes repaired after tha . |