Table 1

Reports of primary vitrectomy for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

AuthorYearBuckleNoPrimary successFinal successPVR≥0.33≥0.4≥0.5
PVR = proliferative vitreoretinopathy, VA = visual acuity.
Escoffery17 19850%2979%79%7%76%
van Effenterre18 19870%6086%92%0%76%
Hakin19 199379%12464%82%34%
Gartry13 199365%11474%92%8%35%
Girard20 199581%10374%85%16%40%
Höing21 19950%3278%94%19%44%
Bartz-Schmidt5 1996100%3394%100%3%79%
Heimann22 19960%5364%92%6%41%
Yang23 1997100%989%100%0%0%
El-Asrar10 1997100%22100%100%0%32%
Desai24 1997100%10100%100%0%70%
Hoerauf25 199783%3787%8%
Sharma7 1998100%2190%90%10%19%
Brazitikos26 199936%14100%100%0%69%
Campo27 19990%27588%96%6%69%
Devenyi6 1999100%94100%100%0%
Newman28 199948%2584%96%8%48%
Oshima29 199951%6392%100%0%
Brazitikos30 200010393%97%4%
Brazitikos30 20000%2085%95%10%
Gastaud31 200058%1984%100%0%
Pournaras32 2000100%2392%100%4%65%
Speicher33 20000%7894%96%5%
Miki8 20008792%100%1%
Tanner34 20010%989%100%0%67%