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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Effect of silicone oil versus gas tamponade on macular layer microstructure after pars plana vitrectomy for macula on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Parameter

 

Silicone Oil Group

Gas (SF6 or C3F8) Group

Patients %(n)

 

44.8% (26)

55.1% (32)

Age (years)

 

48.5±11.2 (23.0 to 69.0)

48.6±13.9 (21.0 to 71.0)

Gender % (n)

 

Male

66.7% (18)

65.6% (21)

 

Female

33.3% (8)

34.4% (11)

Systemic disease % (n)

 

HTN

DM

Dyslipidemia

Depression

11.5% (3)

7.6 %(2)

11.5% (3)

1.7 %(1)

12.5% (4)

12.5% (4)

3.1% (1)

0% (0)

RD quadrant % (n)

 

Superior

0% (0)

3.1% (1)

 

Nasal

7.7% (2)

3.1% (1)

 

inferior

19.2% (5)

0% (0)

 

Temporal

3.8% (1)

21.9% (7)

 

Superonasal

11.5% (3)

9.4% (3)

 

Inferonasal

3.8% (1)

3.1% (1)

 

Inferotemporal

34.6% (9)

12.5% (4)

 

Superotemporal

19.2% (5)

46.9% (15)

Preoperative lens status

 

Phakic

53.8% (14)

71.9% (23)

 

Pseudophakic

42.3% (11)

25.0% (8)

 

Aphakic

3.8% (1)

3.1% (1)

Postoperative lens status

   
 

Phakic

3.8% (1)

18.8% (6)

 

Pseudophakic

92.3% (24)

78.1% (25)

 

Aphakic

3.8% (1)

3.1% (1)

Postoperative follow up (months)

 

Mean±SD

9.3±7.0

11.6±11.0

 

Median (Range)

6.5 (6.0 to 26.0)

7.5 (5.0 to 40.0)

Preoperative Central macular thickness (µm)

Mean±SD

288±62

277±25

Tamponade indication

 

Inferior break 46.1% (12)

Superior temporal break 46.9% (15)

 

Multiple break 38.4% (10)

Superior nasal break 34.3% (11)

 

Giant retinal break 7.7% (2)

Temporal break 12.5% (4)

 

Air travel 7.7% (2)

Nasal break 6.2.%. (2)

Silicone oil tamponade duration (months)

   
 

Mean±SD

8.1±3.4

 
 

Median (Range)

7.5 (4.0 to 18.0)

 
  1. HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, RD retinal detachment, SF6 Sulfur hexafluoride, C3F8 Octafluoropropane