Intravitreal Fluorinated Gas Preference and Occurrence of Rare Ischemic Postoperative Complications after Pars Plana Vitrectomy: A Survey of the American Society of Retina Specialists

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Procedure</td><td align="center">Air n (%)</td><td align="center">SF6 n (%)</td><td align="center">C3F8 n (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Retinal detachment</td><td align="center">14 (5)</td><td align="center">134 (48)</td><td align="center">134 (48)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Macular hole</td><td align="center">6 (2)</td><td align="center">160 (57)†</td><td align="center">116 (41)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gas concentration</td><td align="center">All 100%</td><td align="center">22 ± 9.7 (n = 252)</td><td align="center">15 ± 9.4 (n = 262)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>
 *Responses to online survey, n = 282, ASRS = American Society of Retina Specialists, for gas concentration, mean ± standard deviation of concentrations reported as continuous variable among n positive respondents for each gas category. †Significantly greater than for retinal detachment via chi2 (P &lt; 0.001). </td></tr></table>

ASRS member preferred intraocular gas type as adjunct to pars plana vitrectomy procedure*.

Journal of Ophthalmology

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Table 2: Intravitreal Fluorinated Gas Preference and Occurrence of Rare Ischemic Postoperative Complications after Pars Plana Vitrectomy: A Survey of the American Society of Retina Specialists 

Table 2 | Intravitreal Fluorinated Gas Preference and Occurrence of Rare Ischemic Postoperative Complications after Pars Plana Vitrectomy: A Survey of the American Society of Retina Specialists 