This PostRD trial involving patients with macula involving rhegmatogenous retinal detachment showed that face-down positioning led to a reduction in the rate and amplitude of postoperative retinal displacement and binocular diplopia in comparison with support-the-break positioning. However, no differences were found in best-corrected visual acuity, distortion and quality of life scores between the groups. RRD rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, LA local anesthesia, ITT intention-to-treat, ERM epiretinal membrane, BCVA best-corrected visual acuity, FAF fundus autofluorescence imaging, QoL quality of life, IOP intraocular pressure.
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Sadiq, S.N., Mehta, A., Song, A. et al. Infographic: Effect of face-down positioning vs support-the-break positioning after macula-involving retinal detachment repair: the PostRD randomised clinical trial. Eye 36, 350–351 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-021-01531-z
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