Efficacy of Pneumatic Retinopexy Preceding Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Managing Combined Retinal and Choroidal Detachment: A Retrospective Study of 64 Patients

04 October 2023 : Clinical Research

Qiang Xu

^123ABCDEFG, Ying Zhou^1ABCDEF, Wei Liu^1ACDF, Shu Du^2ABCDG, Xun Yang^2ACDFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940746

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940746

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Table 3 Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) surgery for patients with combined retinal and choroidal detachment.

	Group A (n=34)	Group B (n=30)	P value
Vitreous substitute			0.380
Silicone oil	25 (73.5)	19 (63.3)
Gas	9 (26.5)	11 (36.7)
Gauge size			0.386
25	24 (70.6)	24 (80.0)
27	10 (29.4)	6 (20.0)
Condition of the lens
Phaco	7 (20.6)	6 (20.0)	0.953
Natural lens	20 (32.7)	17 (37.5)	0.862
Retinal cryopexy	5 (14.7)	7 (23.3)	0.378
Deuteroxide	2 (5.8)	6 (20.0)	0.185
Suprachoroidal fluid drainage	3 (8.8)	12 (40.0)	0.003
PPV time (min)^*	70.7±18.85	87.7±38.08	0.025
Phaco – phacoemulsification of the lens; PPV – pars plana vitrectomy; RD – retinal detachment; CD – choroidal detachment; PPV time (min) ^* – results excluding intra-operative confounding factors.

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