AIM: To evaluate the advantages and safety of vitrectomy under air for treating macula-involving rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS: Consecutive patients with macula-involving RRD who underwent vitrectomy under air were recruited. Demographic and clinical data were: age, gender, eye, lens status, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR), axial length, intraocular pressure (IOP). RRD parameters were: RRD extent, retinal breaks number. Surgical data were: cataract surgery, tamponade used. Postoperative parameters were: BCVA, IOP at first, third, sixth month, recurrent RD, incidence of retinal folds, subretinal fluid (SRF) persistence, macular displacement. RESULTS: Seventy-one eyes (71 patients) were recruited. Cataract surgery was performed in 32 of 45 phakic patients. The tamponade used was: sulfur hexafluoride 18% (41), silicon oil (SO) (26), high-density SO (4). BCVA improved significantly from baseline (1.2 ± 0.4 logMAR) to the last control (0.8 ± 0.7 logMAR) (P = 0.03285). Recurrent RD incidence was 14.1%. Postoperative complications were: retinal folds (2), SRF persistence (3), macular displacement (2). CONCLUSION: Vitrectomy under air is a safe alternative technique for treating macula-involving RRD. Vitrectomy under air allows surgeon to remove accurately the vitreous from the peripheral retina and facilitates the removal of SRF reducing the complications related to its postoperative persistence.
AIM: To evaluate the advantages and safety of vitrectomy under air for treating macula-involving rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS: Consecutive patients with macula-involving RRD who underwent vitrectomy under air were recruited. Demographic and clinical data were: age, gender, eye, lens status, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR), axial length, intraocular pressure (IOP). RRD parameters were: RRD extent, retinal breaks number. Surgical data were: cataract surgery, tamponade used. Postoperative parameters were: BCVA, IOP at first, third, sixth month, recurrent RD, incidence of retinal folds, subretinal fluid (SRF) persistence, macular displacement. RESULTS: Seventy-one eyes (71 patients) were recruited. Cataract surgery was performed in 32 of 45 phakic patients. The tamponade used was: sulfur hexafluoride 18% (41), silicon oil (SO) (26), high-density SO (4). BCVA improved significantly from baseline (1.2 ± 0.4 logMAR) to the last control (0.8 ± 0.7 logMAR) (P = 0.03285). Recurrent RD incidence was 14.1%. Postoperative complications were: retinal folds (2), SRF persistence (3), macular displacement (2). CONCLUSION: Vitrectomy under air is a safe alternative technique for treating macula-involving RRD. Vitrectomy under air allows surgeon to remove accurately the vitreous from the peripheral retina and facilitates the removal of SRF reducing the complications related to its postoperative persistence.
Authors: Vincenza Bonfiglio; Mario D Toro; Antonio Longo; Teresio Avitabile; Robert Rejdak; Katarzyna Nowomiejska; Tomasz Choragiewicz; Andrea Russo; Matteo Fallico; Agnieszka Kaminska; Elina Ortisi; Stefano Zenoni; Michele Reibaldi Journal: J Ophthalmol Date: 2018-10-23 Impact factor: 1.909