Small-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Management of Symptomatic Posterior Vitreous Detachment after Phacoemulsification and Multifocal Intraocular Lens Implantation: A Pilot Study from the Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group
Table 2
Results of the VFQ-25 subscales and uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) used to compare the preoperative period to the postoperative one.
Parameter
Preoperative Median (range)
Postoperative Median (range)
General health
75 (50–100)
75 (50–100)
0.157
2 (25%)
General vision
60 (40–80)
80 (60–100)
0.023
6 (75%)
Ocular pain
81 (38–100)
81 (63–100)
0.180
2 (25%)
Near activities
75 (42–100)
92 (58–100)
0.043
5 (63%)
Distance activities
67 (58–100)
100 (75–100)
0.041
5 (63%)
Social functioning
94 (75–100)
100 (88–100)
0.083
3 (38%)
Mental health
75 (38–81)
94 (50–100)
0.011
8 (100%)
Role difficulties
88 (25–100)
100 (75–100)
0.042
5 (63%)
Dependency
100 (58–100)
100 (83–100)
0.102
3 (38%)
Driving
67 (50–67)
92 (75–100)
0.016
7 (100%)
Color vision
100 (50–100)
100 (100–100)
0.317
1 (13%)
Peripheral vision
75 (50–100)
100 (75–100)
0.059
4 (50%)
UCVA ()
0.17 (0.09–0.30)
0.09 (0.00–0.17)
0.017
Wilcoxon test. Number of patients that got better scores after surgery. UCVA: uncorrected visual acuity. .
