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Effects of Perfluorocarbon Use during Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Surgery on Postoperative Outcomes
Masahiko Sugimoto1, Maki Kozawa1, Yoshitsugu Matsui1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Introduction:
The aim of this study was to determine whether the use of perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) affects the rate of retinal re-attachments after an initial attachment by vitrectomy in eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
Methods:
This was a retrospective, observational, multicenter study of 3,446 eyes registered in the Japanese vitreoretinal surgery treatment information database. Of these, 2,648 eyes had undergone vitrectomy as the first surgery for RRD. The re-attachment rates after the primary vitrectomy with or without PFCL were evaluated. In addition, the significance of factors affecting the re-detachments was determined by univariate and multivariate analyses. The measured outcomes were the rates of re-attachments after the primary vitrectomy with or without the use of PFCL.
Results:
A total of 2,362 eyes in the database were analyzed: 325 had and 2,037 did not have PFCL injected into the vitreous cavity during the vitrectomy. The rate of re-attachments was 91.5% in the PFCL group and 93.2% in the non-PFCL group (p = 0.46, χ2 test). Although there were several risk factors associated with the re-detachments in eyes without PFCL (p < 0.05, Welch's t tests, and Fisher's exact tests), they were not associated in eyes with PFCL use. However, multivariate analyses showed that there was no significant association between the use and the non-use of PFCL in the rate of re-detachments (β = -0.08, p = 0.46).
Conclusions:
The use of PFCL during the initial vitrectomy for RRD does not affect the rate of re-attachments.
