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Table 2 The general characteristics of the included studies in the systematic review

From: The effect of silicone oil tamponade on retinal layers and choroidal thickness in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author

Publication year

Quality of study

Age (mean)

Sample size

Type of RRD (on/off)

Duration of SO tamponade (month)

Time after SO removal (month)

CMT

Inner retinal layer thickness

Retinal layer segmentation thickness

SFCT

Hostovsky [24]

2020

Good

57.7

SOā€‰=ā€‰20

Off

1.5 -2.5

6

*

Ā Ā Ā 

Rabina [27]

2019

Excellent

56.1

SOā€‰=ā€‰41

On

3- 6

1

*

Ā Ā Ā 

Takkar [25]

2017

Good

39.6

SOā€‰=ā€‰32

Off

3ā€“6

6ā€“9

*

Ā Ā Ā 

Roohipoor [26]

2020

Excellent

54

SOā€‰=ā€‰45

Off

3

ā€“

*

Ā Ā Ā 

Kheir [29]

2018

Good

48.1

SOā€‰=ā€‰10

On

3

9

*

Ā Ā Ā 

Tode [28]

2016

Fair

61

SOā€‰=ā€‰15

On

1.5

36

Ā 

*

Ā Ā 

Caramoy [34]

2014

Fair

67

SOā€‰=ā€‰9

On

5

ā€“

Ā 

*

Ā Ā 

Christensen [8]

2011

Fair

51

SOā€‰=ā€‰9

Gasā€‰=ā€‰7

On

5

46

Ā 

*

Ā Ā 

Inan [31]

2016

Good

60.7

SOā€‰=ā€‰28

Gasā€‰=ā€‰30

Off

4

8

*

Ā 

*

Ā 

Goker [14]

2017

Good

56.35

SOā€‰=ā€‰20

Gasā€‰=ā€‰16

Off

4

2

*

Ā 

*

Ā 

Lee [15]

2017

Good

46.83

SOā€‰=ā€‰33

Gasā€‰=ā€‰31

On

3.5

6

*

Ā 

*

Ā 

Purtskhvanidze [30]

2017

Good

59.3

SOā€‰=ā€‰20

Gasā€‰=ā€‰20

Off

5.5

35

*

Ā 

*

Ā 

Zhou [17]

2020

Good

53.86

SOā€‰=ā€‰7

Gasā€‰=ā€‰14

On

4

ā€“

*

Ā 

*

Ā 

Mirza [32]

2018

Fair

60.4

SOā€‰=ā€‰24

Off

3ā€“6

1

Ā Ā Ā 

*

Karimi [16]

2018

Good

52

SOā€‰=ā€‰60

Off

6ā€“9

3

Ā Ā Ā 

*

Odrobino [33]

2016

Good

62.44

SOā€‰=ā€‰18

Off

6

-

Ā Ā Ā 

*

  1. A scoring scale for this study based on Strobe modified (ā‰„ā€‰85ā€‰=ā€‰Excellent, 70 toā€‰<ā€‰85ā€‰=ā€‰Good, 50 toā€‰<ā€‰70ā€‰=ā€‰Fair,ā€‰<ā€‰50ā€‰=ā€‰poor)