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Table 3 Characteristics of final anatomical failure after Retinal Detachment (RD) surgeries. Persistence of DR under silicone oil

From: Are all primary retinal detachments the same? Anatomic and functional differences between phakic and pseudophakic patients

Characteristics of retinal anatomic failure after RD surgeries

Pseudophakic retinal detachment ( n = 32)

Phakic retinal detachment (n = 21)

Total (N = 53)

p value

Female ( n (%))

12 (37,5)

9(42,85)

21

 

Male ( n (%))

20 (62,5)

12(57,14)

32

0.569

Inferior RD( n (%))

17(53,12)

6(28,57)

23

 

Superior RD( n (%))

6 (18,75)

4(19,04)

10

 

Total RD

9 (28,12)

11 (52,38)

20

0.093

Missed break ( n (%))

12(37,5)

5(23,8)

17

0.004

Macula ON ( n (%))

1(3,12)

0 (0)

1

 

Macula OFF( n (%))

31 (96,87)

21 ( 100)

52

1.000

History of complicated pseudophakia

n (%))

12 (37,5)

 
  1. A significance p value (p<0.05) was found in "missed break" variable, being more frequent in pseudophakic patients