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Br J Ophthalmol 81:789-794 doi:10.1136/bjo.81.9.789
  • Original Article
    • Laboratory science

Local hypothermia protects the retina from ischaemic injury in vitrectomy

Table 2

Distribution of retinal damage in each grade. Five randomly chosen sections from each eye are categorised into four grades (n=35)

(A) Perfusion at 8°C
Grade
Eyes 1 2 3(a) 3(b) 4(a) 4(b)
1 3 2 0 0 0 0
2 3 2 0 0 0 0
3 4 1 0 0 0 0
4 3 2 0 0 0 0
5 2 2 1 0 0 0
6 2 2 1 0 0 0
7 1 3 1 0 0 0
Total 18 14 3 0 0 0
(B) Perfusion at 22°C
Grade
Eyes 1 2 3(a) 3(b) 4(a) 4(b)
1 3 2 0 0 0 0
2 3 2 0 0 0 0
3 1 3 1 0 0 0
4 1 2 2 0 0 0
5 2 1 2 0 0 0
6 3 2 0 0 0 0
7 0 1 3 0 1 0
Total 13 13 8 0 1 0
(C) Perfusion at 38°C
Grade
Eyes 1 2 3(a) 3(b) 4(a) 4(b)
1 0 0 4 0 1 0
2 0 0 2 1 1 1
3 0 1 3 0 1 0
4 0 0 2 0 1 2
5 0 0 2 0 2 1
6 0 1 2 0 2 0
7 0 0 3 1 1 0
Total 0 2 18 2 9 4

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