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Laser-aided external drainage of subretinal fluid : prospective randomized comparison with needle drainage . In a prospective randomized study of 50 consecutive eyes , we compared the safety and efficacy of draining subretinal fluid transchoroidally in primary scleral buckling for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment using a needle , with the safety and efficacy of the same procedure using an angulated endolaser probe set at 1 W for 0.2 seconds , using an average of 2.4 laser burns . There were no significant complications associated with the laser-aided drainage procedures ( 25 eyes ) . In the transchoroidal needle drainage procedures ( 25 eyes ) , subretinal hemorrhage occurred in three eyes and retinal incarceration in one . Thus , though our numbers are small , there appears to be some advantage of laser-assisted drainage in terms of a lower incidence of complications .
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Intervention_Surgical
Laser-aided external drainage
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Intervention_Surgical
subretinal fluid transchoroidally
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Intervention_Other
needle
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Intervention_Surgical
angulated endolaser probe
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Intervention_Surgical
laser-aided drainage
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Intervention_Surgical
transchoroidal needle drainage
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Outcome_Other
safety
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Outcome_Other
efficacy
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Outcome_Physical
safety
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Outcome_Physical
efficacy
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
complications
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Outcome_Physical
subretinal hemorrhage
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
incidence of complications
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Participant_Condition
subretinal fluid
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Participant_Sample-size
50