From the foreword: "Microsurgery of Retinal Detachment is an important contribution to the practice of vitreoretinal surgery. In this comprehensive volume, Dr. Bonnet shares her extensive experience in the management of conditions ranging from retinal tears and primary retinal detachment to giant retinal breaks and vitreoretinal surgery. The field of microsurgery has continued to evolve over the last twenty years, both for the anterior segment surgeon and, since 1970, for the vitreoretinal surgeon. Although there have been extensive descriptions of vitrectomy techniques, little has been written about microsurgical techniques for scleral buckling operations. This subject is well covered in the present edition, which consequently will be a valuable resource to the majority of retinal surgeons who do not as a rule employ microsurgery in the repair of retinal detachments."

I Preoperative Examination

1. Examination of the Anterior Segment
2. Examination of the Posterior Segment
3. Systemic Examination
II Instrumentation
4. The Surgical Microscope: Technical Equipment
5. Contact Lenses
6. Instruments
III Surgical Technique
7. Fundus Examination During Surgery
8. Surgical Steps Common to All Surgical Procedures
9. Inducing a Retinochoroidal Scar
10. Retinal Break Localization
11. Scleral Buckling
12. Intravitreal Gas Injection
13. Vitreous Surgery
IV Types of Retinal Detachment: Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Management
14. Retinal Detachment with Horseshoe Tears
15. Retinal Detachment with Atrophic Round Holes in Lattice Degeneration
16. Retinal Detachment with Retinal Dialysis
17. Retinal Detachment with Giant Retinal Tear
18. Retinal Detachment with Posterior Paravascular Tears
19. Retinal Detachment with Macular Hole in Myopic Eyes
20. Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
21. Aphakic and Pseudophakic Retinal Detachment
22. Retinal Detachment Associated with Retinoschisis
23. Retinal Detachment Complicating Proliferative Retinopathies
24. Retinal Detachment After Penetrating Injury of the Eye
25. Retinal Detachment Following Inflammatory Diseases.