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Table 1 General characteristics of patients

From: Outcomes of a postoperative perfluorocarbon liquid tamponade for complex retinal detachments: 12 years of experience in southern Thailand

Characteristics

N = 122

(%)

Age (y)

 Mean

42 (±18.5)

 

 Median

43.5 (6–83)

 

Sex

 Male

87

71.3

 Female

35

28.7

Laterality

 Right

66

54.1

 Left

56

45.9

Preoperative BCVA

  > 20/70

2

1.6

 20/70–20/200

6

4.9

  < 20/200

114

93.5

Preoperative logMAR BCVA

 Mean

1.8 (±0.4)

 

 Median

2 (0.4–2.3)

 

Lens status

 Phakic

75

61.5

 Pseudophakic

33

27.0

 Aphakic

13

10.7

 Unknown

1

0.8

Average time of symptom-to-PFCL placement (d)

125 (±156.1)

 

Duration of PFCL placement (d)

 Mean

12.4 (±2.8)

 

 Median

14 (5–21)

 

Cause: PFCL placement as a primary surgery (n = 80)

 RRD-chronic

32

26.2

 RRD-giant tear

27

22.1

 TRD

11

9.0

 Trauma

11

9.0

PFCL placement as a rescue surgery (n = 42)

 RRD-failed repair

30

24.6

 RRD-giant tear

5

4.1

 TRD

2

1.6

 Trauma

4

3.3

Reattachment:

 Yes

98

80.3

 No

22

18.0

 Cannot be evaluated

2

1.6

Interval before failed reattachment, n = 22 (wk)

 Mean

40.8 (±53.1)

 

 Median

30.2 (1.7–243.1)

 

Follow-up time (wk)

 Mean

101.6 (±101.0)

 

 Median

67.6 (2.7–461.1)

 

Final logMAR VA

 Mean

1.6 (±0.7)

 

 Median

2 (0.1–3.0)

 
  1. BCVA best-corrected visual acuity; logMAR logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; PFCL perfluorocarbon liquid; RRD rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; TRD tractional retinal detachment; VA visual acuity