Coats' disease: characteristics, management, outcome, and scleral external drainage with anterior chamber maintainer for stage 3b disease.

To report on the characteristics and outcome of management of Coats' disease, and to describe a novel surgical technique for management of stage 3B with total retinal detachment (RD) by scleral external drainage with anterior chamber (AC-maintainer) placement before the drainage without pars plana vitrectomy.A retrospective study of 26 eyes from 25 Coats' patients. Outcome measures included: demographics, presentation, laterality, stage, treatment, and outcome.