[Prognostication of the results of treatment of retinal detachment with silicone oil tamponade using pattern recognition methods]

The aim of this work was to solve the problem of prognostification of anatomic and functional results of treatment of retinal detachment (RD) with silicone oil tamponade. Analysis of the treatment of 257 eyes was performed using pattern recognition methods. All the patients were characterized according to 32 signs related the preoperative status only. As a result, an informative sign system was developed; the present data proved to be not representative enough, which manifested mostly in the class of RD recurrence, where the rate of correct end result recognition was 75% (in the class of "normal condition" it was 95%). One of the most significant RD signs, PVR degree, in this study was placed in the second ten according to its informative value, probably due to the fact that PVR classification is not detailed enough.