Table 1 Preoperative demographics.
From: Wide-Angle Viewing System versus Conventional Indirect Ophthalmoscopy for Scleral Buckling
| Ā | Conventional | WAVS | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 23 | 16 | Ā |
Age range (years) | 23ā68 | 24ā65 | Ā |
āMeanāĀ±āSD | 45.3āĀ±ā12.5 | 41.3āĀ±ā14.0 | 0.32 |
Gender (Men; %) | 18 (78.3) | 10 (62.5) | 0.29 |
Follow-up periods (months) | 6ā24 | 6ā15 | Ā |
āMeanāĀ±āSD | 11.7āĀ±ā6.8 | 8.6āĀ±ā3.2 | 0.29 |
BCVA (logMAR) | 0.11āĀ±ā0.39 | 0.01āĀ±ā0.24 | 0.23 |
Spherical equivalent refractive error | ā3.61āĀ±ā3.14 | ā5.81āĀ±ā3.24 | 0.05 |
Number of retinal breaks per patient | 1.4āĀ±ā0.7 | 1.6āĀ±ā0.6 | 0.22 |
Number of patients with holes (%) | 9 (39.1) | 7 (43.8) | 0.77 |
Tears (%)āāāāāāāāāāāāā | 10 (43.5) | 9 (56.3) | 0.44 |
Dialyses (%)āāāāāāāāāāāāā | 4 (17.4) | 0 (0) | 0.08 |
Location of retinal breaks | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Limited to superior quadrants | 16 (69.9) | 8 (57.1) | 0.22 |
Limited to inferior quadrants | 5 (21.7) | 4 (25) | 0.81 |
Both superior and inferior quadrants | 2 (8.7) | 4 (25) | 0.17 |
Extent of retinal detachment | Ā | Ā | Ā |
ā<ā2 quadrants | 8 (34.8) | 8 (50) | 0.35 |
āā„2 quadrants | 15 (65.2) | 8 (50) | 0.35 |
Macular detachment | 4 (17.4) | 2 (12.5) | 0.68 |
