Comparison of persistent submacular fluid in different preoperative macular status after vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

• Published in: International journal of ophthalmology 2018-11, Vol.11 (11), p.1796-1801
• Main Authors: Mao, Jian-Bo, Lin, Jing-Jing, Yu, Xue-Ting, Cheng, Dan, Chen, Yi-Qi, Tao, Ji-Wei, Wu, Han-Fei, Jiang, Lu, Zhang, Yun, Shen, Li-Jun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Clinical Research; macula; optical coherence tomography; rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; submacular fluid; vitrectomy
• ISSN: 2222-3959; 2227-4898
• DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2018.11.10

To compare the incidence of persistent submacular fluid (SMF) and visual outcome after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in different preoperative macular status according to optical coherence tomography (OCT). A non-randomized, retrospective review was performed for patients who underwent successful PPV for RRD. OCT exams were taken preoperatively and 1mo after surgery, until SMF disappeared. According to the preoperative macular status on OCT, patients were divided into two groups: macula-off RRD (Group A) and macula-on RRD (Group B). In Group A, there were two subgroups: macula partly detached (Group A1) and macula totally detached (Group A2). The main outcome measures were the presence of SMF on OCT 1mo after surgery, and the preoperative and postoperative best corrected visual acuities (BCVA), among the different groups and depending on the presence or absence of persistent SMF. A total of 139 eyes of 139 patients were included in the study. Persistent SMF at 1mo after surgery was 15.8% (22/139), all occurring in Group A (22/101); Group B had no SMF at 1mo after surgery (0/38, =0.002). The incidence of persistent SMF at 1mo after surgery in Group A1 was 50% (14/28), and in Group A2 was 11.0% (8/73,