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Abstract Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is the most common vision-threatening retinal condition requiring urgent care (Feltgen and Walter, 2014). There are three critical preconditions for the development of RRD: liquefied vitreous, tractional forces that produce a retinal break, and fluid access into the subretinal space through the retinal break (Sodhi et al., 2008; Kuhn and Aylward 2014). Surgery is the only effective treatment. The most widely used surgical techniques are pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), scleral buckle (SB) surgery or vitrectomy combined with SB (PPV-SB), while pneumatic retinopexy can also be used in selected cases. The choice of the surgical method varies significantly between surgeons and centres, with PPV recently becoming the most used method (Hwang, 2012; Jackson et al., 2014). The success rate of the surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is now up to 90% (Kobashi et al., 2014). Retinal reattachment without reoperations and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improvement after surgery are considered as the main outcomes in the evaluation of successful vitreoretinal surgery for RRD. Improvements in quality of vision and quality of life have been less commonly indicated as surgical outcomes (Sodhi et al., 2008). Symptoms of distortion are prevalent among patients who have undergone anatomically successful retinal detachment repair, and may occur despite good recovery of visual acuity |