Anatomical and functional outcomes of short-term DensironXTRA heavy silicone oil for rhegmatogenous retinal detachments: a comparative case series.

ABSTRACT: To assess the safety and efficacy of short-term DensironXTRA tamponade for repair of complicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRD). This is a retrospective consecutive case series of patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with intravitreal DensironXTRA and a comparator group with gas (sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆) or perfluoropropane (C₃F₈)) tamponades by a single surgeon between January 2017 and November 2020 at a tertiary care centre. A total of 121 eyes with DensironXTRA and 81 comparator eyes with a gas tamponade were included. The DensironXTRA group had a significantly higher number of cases with inferior breaks (82% vs. 48%; p < 0.0001) and a history of previous PPV for RRD (64% vs. 12%; p < 0.0001). DensironXTRA was removed after a median

SUBMITTER: Felfeli T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9988839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature