Clinical Study

Using Surgical Microscope for Sclera Buckling and Transscleral Cryopexy: An Alternative Procedure of Treatment for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Table 1

Areas viewed through three-mirror contact lens (modified from Schepens [12]).

Lens ILens IILens IIILens IV
(Contact lens)(Lens)(Lens)(Lens)

Areas viewed30 degrees around the maculaFrom 30 degrees to equatorial fundusPeripheral fundusExtreme fundus periphery
Areas posterior to the limbusThe posterior pole of the fundus13–17 mm* (chord length)10–15 mm* (chord length) 9 mm* (chord length)

An additional 0.5 millimeter should be added for each additional diopters of −3.0 in eyes with myopia.