Primary Retinal Detachment

Table 6.4. Visual acuity at 2 years postoperatively after minimal segmental buckling (sponges or balloons)
without drainage and reoperation of 1,462 primary detachments
Series Detachment Preoperative Reoperation Final Visual acuity
proliferative attachment 2 years postoperative
vitreoretinopathy
C1–C2
First [21, 39] 752 5 60 732 n.a. a
Second [26, 40] 107 16 5 104 0.6
Third [41] 35 6 – 35 0.6
Fourth [42] 68 11 3 60 0.3
Fifth [37] b 500 5 39 493 0.7
Total 1,462 43 (2.9%) 107 (7.3%) 1,424 (97.4%) 0.67 (mean)
a Not available
b Treated with balloon
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