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Table 4 Relationship between immediate- and medium-term postoperative conditions, final retinal reattachment, and VA status

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

 

Reattachment

P value

Final VA Status

P value

No

(n = 22)

Yes

(n = 98)

Better

(n = 56)

Stable or worse (n = 66)

Elevated IOP during PFCL placement

 No

13 (59.1)

46 (46.9)

0.427

24 (42.9)

35 (53.8)

0.306

 Yes

9 (40.9)

52 (53.1)

 

32 (57.1)

30 (46.2)

 

Elevated IOP after PFCL removal

 No

17 (77.3)

72 (73.5)

0.921

39 (69.6)

52 (78.8)

0.343

 Yes

5 (22.7)

26 (26.5)

 

17 (30.4)

14 (21.2)

 

Hypotony

 No

12 (54.5)

81 (82.7)

0.009*

52 (92.9)

42 (63.6)

< 0.001*

 Yes

10 (45.5)

17 (17.3)

 

4 (7.1)

24 (36.4)

 

Optic disc atrophy

 No

18 (81.8)

75 (76.5)

0.779

50 (89.3)

45 (68.2)

0.01*

 Yes

4 (18.2)

23 (23.5)

 

6 (10.7)

21 (31.8)

 

Cataract progression

 No

17 (77.3)

76 (77.6)

1.000

44 (78.6)

51 (77.3)

1.000

 Yes

5 (22.7)

22 (22.4)

 

12 (21.4)

15 (22.7)

 

Corneal decompensation

 No

16 (72.7)

84 (85.7)

0.201

52 (92.9)

50 (75.8)

0.022*

 Yes

6 (27.3)

14 (14.3)

 

4 (7.1)

16 (24.2)

 

ERM

 No

20 (90.9)

84 (85.7)

0.733

48 (85.7)

58 (87.9)

0.933

 Yes

2 (9.1)

14 (14.3)

 

8 (14.3)

8 (12.1)

 
  1. ERM epiretinal membrane; IOP intraocular pressure; PFCL perfluorocarbon liquid; VA visual acuity