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Çukurova Üniversitesi Göz Hast. ABD. We retrospectively investigated 54 cases with degenerative myopia who underwent conventional surgery method because of retinal detachment between April 1989-December 1995 at Çukurova University Medical Faculty, Ophtalmology Department Retina-Vitreous Unit. The study group consisted of 18 female and 36 male cases with a mean age of 43.9±14.2 (14-80) years. The period between the occurrence of retinal detachment and the admittance to the clinic was mean 32.9±19.7 (2-180) days. In 46 cases (85.1%) the tears were found to be associated with retinal detachment. The mean postoperative follow up period was 14.9±9.6 (8-29) months. We observed chemosis in 2, corneal edema in 1 and increased intraocular pressure in 1 case in the postoperative period and they all improved with medical treatment. We detected transient diplopia in 1 and macular edema in 2 cases, and during the follow up period remission occured spontaneously. Retina was found to be subsieded in 47 cases (87%) whereas retinal detachment reccurved in 7 cases (13%). We observed degenerative myopia without retinal detachment in 47 fellow eyes of 54 patients and applied laser photocoagulation to 12 of them. The mean preoperative visual acuity 0.03±0.02 (0.005-0.4), improved to 0.07±0.06 (0.005-0.5) postoperatively. The difference was found to be statistically significant. Following operation we observed improvement in vision in 44 cases (81%) were ase it decreased in 2 (3.2%) and remained the same in 8 cases (14.8%). We suggest that early diagnosis and urgent coventional surgery reveals functional improvement besides natomical succsess in myopic cases with retinal detachment. Keywords : Degenerative myopia, retinal detachment, conventional surgery