Table 1 Patients’ demographic and preoperative clinical characteristics.

From: Impact of air injection on subretinal fluid following successful scleral buckling surgery for macular-involving retinal detachment

 

Group A (n = 28)

Group B (n = 23)

p Value

Age, years (Mean ± SD)

37.82 ± 14.07

43.96 ± 17.07

0.166a

Gender, Female (%)

9 (32.14%)

9(39.13%)

0.751b

Symptom duration (days)

17.89 ± 10.97

30.74 ± 31.22

0.252c

BCVA (Log MAR)

0.82 ± 0.35

1.14 ± 0.23

0.003a

IOP (mmHg)

14.11 ± 3.26

12.23 ± 2.38

0.025a

Retinal breaks

  

0.425d

 1 break

22 (78.6%)

14 (60.9%)

 

 2 breaks

3 (10.7)

6 (26.1%)

 

 3 breaks

1 (3.6%)

2 (8.7%)

 

 4 breaks

2 (7.1%)

1 (4.3%)

 

The type of retinal tears

  

1.000d

 Tractional tear

24 (85.7%)

20 (87.0%)

 

 Atrophic hole

2 (7.15%)

1 (4.3%)

 

 Both

2 (7.15%)

2 (8.7%)

 

Location of breaks

  

0.177d

 Superior

11 (39.3%)

13 (56.5%)

 

 Inferior

13 (46.4%)

5 (21.7%)

 

 Both

4 (14.3%)

5 (21.7%)

 

Extent of detachment

  

0.152d

 1 quadrant

9 (32.1%)

5 (21.7%)

 

 2 quadrants

15 (53.6%)

12 (52.2)

 

 3 quadrants

4 (14.3%)

2 (8.7%)

 

 4 quadrants

0 (0%)

4 (17.4%)

 

The grade of PVR

  

0.009d

 A

2 (7.1%)

1 (4.3%)

 

 B

16 (57.1%)

5 (21.7%)

 

 C1

10 (35.7%)

13 (56.6%)

 

 C2

0 (0%)

4 (17.4%)

 

Co-existing diseases

   

 Diabetes

1

2

0.583d

 Hypertension

2

2

1.0d

  1. at-test.
  2. bChi-square test.
  3. cMann-Whitney U test.
  4. dFisher exact test,
  5. Abbreviation: BCVA, Best Corrected Visual Acuity; IOP, Intraocular Pressure; PVR, Proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
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