Effect of surgical technique on final vision after surgery of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
| Scleral buckling (SB) (n=37) | Vitrectomy (PPV) (n=28) | Phacovitrectomy (PHV) (n=24) | Pairwise comparison: p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | Mean (±SD) | Range | Mean (±SD) | Range | Mean (±SD) | SB vs PHV | PPV vs PHV | SB vs PPV | |
| Duration of vision loss (days) | 1/30 | 11 (±10) | 1/30 | 10 (±10) | 1/30 | 11 (±11) | 1.000* | 1.000* | 1.000* |
| VA (logMAR) | |||||||||
| Preoperative | 0.49/2.00 | 1.42 (±0.59) | 0.40/2.00 | 1.64 (±0.46) | 1.10/2.00 | 1.87 (±0.26) | 0.007* | 0.131* | 0.519* |
| Postoperative | 0.10/1.00 | 0.41 (±0.27) | 0.04/0.60 | 0.20 (±0.15) | 0.01/0.63 | 0.21 (±0.17) | 0.012† | 1.000† | 0.007† |
Mean follow-up (SD), days (6-month) 185 (±28). *t test.
†Mann–Whitney test.
PPV, pars plana vitrectomy; logMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; VA, visual acuity.