Factors affecting visual recovery after successful repair of macula-off retinal detachments: findings from a large prospective UK cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify risk factors affecting visual outcomes in successfully re-attached macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) surgery.

Design

A prospective study, using online databases, of visual outcomes for 2074 macula-off retinal detachments that were successfully re-attached by vitrectomy and internal tamponade. The database included detailed retinal diagrams of each detachment.

Main outcome measure

The probability of achieving a post-operative visual acuity (VA) of ≤0.30 LogMAR (Snellen 6/12 or better).

Results

Male patients accounted for 64.9% of the sample and the median age was 63 years old. The median pre-operative VA was counting fingers (LogMAR 1.98); this improved to 0.41 LogMAR post-operatively. A post-operative VA of ≤0.30 LogMAR was

SUBMITTER: Yorston D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182892 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature