• Ki Yup Nam, Hyung Bin Lim, Min Su Kim, and Jung Yeul Kim.
• Department of Ophthalmology, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, South Korea.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Sep 17; 100 (37): e27206.

RationaleWe 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.Patient ConcernsA 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.DiagnosesOn fundus examination, upper retinal detachment without macular involvement and an atrophic hole was observed in her left eye.InterventionsUnder general anesthesia and after perilimbal conjunctival incision, extraocular muscle isolation, and traction with black silk, a 27-gauge trocar-cannula was inserted 90° away from the retinal break, 4 mm away from the limbus. Under wide-field viewing using a contact lens, the fundus was observed through a surgical microscope. Retinal break was evaluated and cryopexy was performed with careful movement of the endoilluminator, paying attention to damage to the lens. The surgeon could accurately and freely control the direction of the illumination tip to obtain a brighter view of the region of interest.OutcomesThere were no complications associated with trocar cannula incision or the illuminator. The retina was successfully reattached.LessonsTwenty seven gauge endoilluminator-assisted scleral buckling is an easy and safe procedure and provides better control over and free adjustment of the light direction, thus overcoming the limitations of chandelier-assisted surgery.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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