1. Recovery course of persistent posterior subretinal fluid after successful repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
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Mansour AM, López-Guajardo L, Belotto S, Lima LH, Charbaji AR, Schwartz SG, Wu L, Smiddy WE, Ascaso J, Jürgens I, Foster RE, Elnahry AG, Sinawat S, Pinilla I, Pérez-Salvador García E, Suarez Leoz M, Olivier Pascual N, Zago Ribeiro L, Arroyo Castillo R, Navea A, Kadayifcilar S, Ellabban AA, Rey A, Mansour HA, Tripathy K, Kozak I, Uwaydat SH, Valero MS, Cobo-Soriano R, Díaz-Barreda MD, Monje Fernández L, González Del Valle F, López Liroz I, Vazquez Cruchaga E, Fonollosa A, Esteban Floria O, Relimpio Lopez MI, Shah G, Wingelaar MJ, Ravani R, Donate-López J, Rubio Velázquez E, and Parodi M
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- Humans, Retrospective Studies, Male, Female, Middle Aged, Aged, Recovery of Function physiology, Adult, Follow-Up Studies, Retinal Detachment surgery, Retinal Detachment physiopathology, Visual Acuity physiology, Subretinal Fluid, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Vitrectomy, Scleral Buckling
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Purpose: To investigate best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), subretinal fluid (SRF) absorption time or ellipsoid zone (EZ) restoration time and various variables in patients with persistent SRF after successful primary repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD)., Methods: This retrospective multicenter study allowed independent analysis of the healing pattern by two observers based on composite of serial cross-sectional macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans. Univariate and multivariate analyses were implemented., Results: One hundred and three cases had persistent SRF after pars plana vitrectomy, scleral buckling, or pneumatic retinopexy. By univariate analysis, SRF resolution time correlated positively with the number of retinal breaks ( p < 0.001) and with increased myopia ( p = 0.011). Using multivariate analysis, final BCVA (log MAR) correlated positively with age, duration of RRD, initial BCVA (OR = 3.28; [95%CI = 1.44-7.47]; p = 0.015), and SRF resolution time (OR = 0.46 [95%CI 0.21-1.05]; p = 0.049). EZ restoration time was longer with increasing number of retinal tears (OR = 0.67; [95%CI 0.29-1.52]; p = 0.030), worse final BCVA, and presence of macula-off RRD (OR = 0.26; [95%CI 0.08-0.88]; p = 0.056). SRF resolution time correlated marginally with prone position., Conclusions: Residual posterior SRF is more common in eyes with multiple breaks or in myopic eyes. Final BCVA is better in younger subjects and in eyes with shorter duration of RRD. Persistent SRF is a self-limited disorder with a mean resolution of 11.2 months with good visual prognosis improving from a mean baseline logMAR of 1.08 to 0.25 at one year., Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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- 2024
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