Pars plana vitrectomy with partial tamponade of filtered air in Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment caused by superior retinal breaks

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in Group A (n = 41 eyes) and Group B (n = 36 eyes)

	Group A	Group B	P value
Gender (male: female)	28: 13	27: 9	0.516^*
Age (years)	49.2 ± 12.9	47.4 ± 11.6	0.535^†
≤ 50 (number)	21	19	0.891^*
> 50 (number)	20	17
Contralateral eyes with BCVA <20/200 (number)	16	5	0.013^*
Disease course (days)	15.0 ± 8.7	11.94 ± 7.2	0.098^†
Follow-up duration (months)	12.9 ± 4.5	13.6 ± 4.7	0.473^†
Preoperative logMAR BCVA (Snellen equivalent)	1.22 ± 0.64 (20/332)	1.12 ± 0.58 (20/264)	0.496^†
Range of RD (clock hours)	4.7 ± 1.5	4.6 ± 1.3	0.707^†
Macula (on: off)	23: 18	22: 14	0.656^*
Superior retinal breaks
Number	1.9 ± 1.0	2.1 ± 1.0	0.359^‡
Total area (PD)	2.1 ± 1.0	2.2 ± 1.0	0.646^†
Lens status (phakic: pseudophakic)	35: 6	31: 5	0.926^*
Presence of Inferior retinal breaks (yes: no)	11: 30	10: 26	0.926^*

BCVA best corrected visual acuity, logMAR logarithm of minimal angle of resolution, RD retinal detachment, PD papilla diameter
Statistical analysis: * = χ² analysis; ^† = unpaired t test; ^‡ = unpaired Mann-Whitney test
Continuous values presented as mean ± standard deviation,

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