Characteristics of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment and Their Relationship to Visual Outcome

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Journal Eye (Lond)

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2013 Jun 22

PMID 23788207

Citations 27

Authors

T H Williamson

M Shunmugam

I Rodrigues

M Dogramaci

E Lee

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Abstract

Aims: To examine pre-operative characteristics of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and their relationship to visual acuity (VA) following surgery.

Methods: Review of prospectively completed electronic database. Baseline characteristics, retinal drawings and outcomes were analysed.

Results: In all, 847 eyes from 847 patients with a mean age of 62.2 years, 60% males, and 56% right eyes were studied. Mean follow-up was 9.6 months. Preoperative VA correlated with final VA (r(2)=0.21, P<0.0001). Median postoperative VA was 6/9 (Logmar 0.18, quartiles=0.0-0.48) and was significantly related to anatomical success: 70.15% achieved 0.18 or better with fully attached retina and primary success, whereas only 8.33% achieved this when the retina was not fully attached at final follow-up (failure) (P<0.0001). Univariate analysis found multiple variables associated with achieving 0.18 postoperative vision, however, multivariate analysis revealed only primary anatomical success with surgery; absence of proliferative vitreo-retinopathy (PVR), better-presenting VA and fewer quadrants of detachment were associated with a better visual outcome (r(2)=0.26, P<0.0001). Patients with a clinically attached fovea achieved better vision than patients with a clinically detached fovea, independent of the visual loss duration. With foveal detachment however, postoperative VA was better in patients with 1-3 days of visual loss compared with 4-6 days (P=0.013).

Conclusions: Failure of primary surgery, PVR, extensive RRD and poor-presenting VA are risk factors for poorer visual outcome following surgery for RRD. Fovea off RRD at presentation achieved poorer postoperative VA than fovea attached and visual outcome was poorer when there was a longer duration of visual symptoms.

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