Is surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy justifiable?
| Autor: | M J Lavin, P R Simcock, P McCormack, D Charteris |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy Time Factors Visual acuity Eye Diseases genetic structures Eye disease medicine.medical_treatment Visual Acuity Vitrectomy Patient satisfaction Retinal Diseases Ophthalmology medicine Humans business.industry Retinal Detachment Retinal detachment Prognosis medicine.disease eye diseases Surgery Vitreous Body Treatment Outcome Patient Satisfaction Case note sense organs medicine.symptom business Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | Eye. 8:75-76 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5454 0950-222X |
| DOI: | 10.1038/eye.1994.14 |
| Popis: | Surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) may require prolonged procedures often with limited improvement in visual function. Forty-seven consecutive patients who had PVR surgery in one eye had a case note review to assess anatomical re-attachment rate and improvement in visual acuity. All patients had at least 3 clock-hours of grade C PVR membrane. Surgery comprised vitrectomy and membrane peel in all cases. There was a mean follow-up period of 9 months (range 3-23 months). Thirty-two eyes (68%) had an attached retina with the mean visual acuity being 0.089 (where 6/60 = 0.10). A mean of 2.15 PVR operations were performed per eye. Seventeen patients chosen at random were contacted by telephone and standardised questions were asked regarding their surgery. Eleven (65%) patients stated that, with the benefit of hindsight, they would still have had surgery and 8 (47%) patients stated that the peripheral vision gained was of benefit. |
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