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Variations in Functional and Anatomical Outcomes and in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Rate along a Prospective Collaborative Study on Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments: The Retina 1 Project—Report 4

Table 3

Postoperative characteristics.


	S1		S2		value
	2004-2005		2006–2008		value
	(%)	95% CI	(%)	95% CI

Uveitis*	324 (67.8%)	63.6%–72%	379 (67.8%)	63.9%–71.7%	0.972
Retina reattachment rate	423 (87.9%)	85%–90.9%	525 (92.9%)	90.8%–95%	0.006
PVR rate	68 (14.1%)	11%–17.3%	46 (8.1%)	5.9%–10.4%	0.002
Choroidal detachment^†	4 (0.8%)	0%–1.7%	17 (3%)	1.6%–4.5%	0.012
Postoperative VA					0.049
<20/100	109 (25.2%)	21.1%–29.3%	122 (22.6%)	19.1%–26.2%
20/100–20/40	167 (38.6%)	34%–43.2%	179 (33.3%)	29.3%–37.3%
≥20/40	158 (36.5%)	32%–41%	238 (44.2%)	40%–48.4%

(%): number and percent of proliferative vitreo-retinopathy (PVR) cases; CI: confidence interval; VA: best visual acuity corrected at the end of followup (Snellen charts); *during the first month of followup; ^†during the first 24 h after surgery.