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Combined pars plana vitrectomy–scleral buckle versus pars plana vitrectomy for proliferative vitreoretinopathy

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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the surgical outcomes of combined pars plana vitrectomy–scleral buckle (PPV–SB) versus pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment complicated with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). One thousand one hundred and seventy four patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment surgery between January 2002 and December 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with grade C PVR treated with either combined PPV–SB or PPV alone were included in the study. Study outcomes included single surgery anatomic success rate and postoperative visual outcome at 12 months postoperatively. Seventy-seven patients with grade C PVR were identified for analysis. At the end of 12-month follow-up, 80.5 % eyes (33/41) in the PPV–SB group and 58.3 % eyes (21/36) in the PPV group achieved single surgery anatomical success. In a multiple logistic regression model, none of the baseline variables (age, gender, macula status, grade of PVR, extent of detachment, presence of vitreous hemorrhage, lens status, status of high myopia) nor types of retinal detachment surgery (use of scleral buckle, barrier endolaser, 360 degree endolaser, cryopexy, retinectomy, tamponade agent, phacoemulsification) had significant effect on single surgery anatomical success. The post-treatment mean logMAR visual acuity of the PPV–SB group was 1.58 ± 0.58 and the PPV group was 1.57 ± 0.61. There was no significant difference in the postoperative visual acuity between the two groups (P = 0.849). For patients with grade C PVR, PPV–SB did not demonstrate a superiority over PPV alone in achieving single surgery anatomical success.

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Lai, F.H.P., Lo, E.C.F., Chan, V.C.K. et al. Combined pars plana vitrectomy–scleral buckle versus pars plana vitrectomy for proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Int Ophthalmol 36, 217–224 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-015-0104-4

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