A comparison between cases of vitreous hemorrhage caused by accidental trauma and nontraumatic cases.
Variable
Traumatic eyes
Nontraumatic eyes
value
Total number of eyes
187
42
Age (in years)
(i) Mean ± SD
7.7 ± 4.0
4.9 ± 4.4
0.0004*
(ii) Median
7.0
3.5
(iii) Range
0–16
0–13
Gender (%)
(i) M
134 (71.7)
24 (57.1)
0.0983
(ii) F
53 (28.3)
18 (42.9)
Management (%)
(i) PPV
104 (55.6)
12 (28.6)
0.0027*
(ii) Enucleation/evisceration/exenteration
3 (1.6)
5 (11.9)
0.0067*
RD (%)
(i) Total number
47 (2.1)
18 (42.9)
<0.001*
Duration of FU in months
(i) Mean ± SD
23.8 ± 18.9
25.8 ± 22.1
0.5490
(ii) Median
20.0
16.5
(iii) Range
1–75
2–75
VA at last FU
(i) LP-HM (%)
40 (24.2)
11 (33.3)
0.3831
(ii) CF (%)
28 (17.0)
4 (12.1)
0.666
(iii) ≥20/200 (%)
97 (58.8)
18 (54.6)
0.7967
SD: standard deviation. PPV: pars plana vitrectomy. FU: follow-up. M: male. F: female. LP: light perception. HM: hand motion. CF: counting finger. *Statistically significant at 5% level of significance.
