To examine and to compare the evolution of aqueous flare from presentation until the third postoperative month in a series of consecutive patients who underwent primary vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), in 4 groups of patients : * Group 1 : 48 eyes primarily treated with gas tamponade * Group 2 : 11 eyes primarily treated with silicone oil tamponade * Sub-Group G1RG : 8 eyes among Group 1 treated with gas after relapse * Sub-Group G1RS : 3 eyes among Group 1 treated with silicone oil after relapse
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
48
Aqueous flare was measured preoperatively and postoperatively with a laser flare-cell meter (LFCM ; Kowa FM-500, Kowa Company Ltd, Tokyo, Japan).
BERROD Jean-Paul MD
Nancy, Grand Est, France
Change in aqueous flare measurement (expressed as photon counts per millisecond and measured with a laser flare-cell meter)
Aqueous flare was measured preoperatively and postoperatively at 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 3 months with a laser flare-cell meter, in patients treated for RRD
Time frame: preoperatively and postoperatively at 2 weeks and 3 months after surgery
Change in aqueous flare measurement (measured with a laser flare-cell meter)
To describe the evolution of the aqueous humor flare between the postoperative visits at 2 weeks and at 3 months after retinal detachment surgery in each groups of patients.
Time frame: postoperatively at 2 weeks and 3 months after surgery
Comparison of aqueous flare values (measured with a laser flare-cell meter) between patients who relapsed and patients who didn't relapse
To compare the preoperative flare measurements between patients without versus with recurrence among those treated with gas
Time frame: preoperative
Evolution of measures of visual acuity
The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was measured with projected-light Snellen charts and expressed in logMAR.
Time frame: preoperatively and postoperatively at 3 months
Evolution of macular status
Evaluation of macular status with macular imaging by optical coherence tomography (Heidelberg Engineering)
Time frame: preoperatively and postoperatively at 3 months
Relapsing status (yes or not)
Determined by careful fundus and peripheral retina examination.
Time frame: at 3 months postoperative
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