Clinical Study

Exclusive Use of Air as Gas Tamponade in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Table 4

Subgroup analysis of the eyes with redetached retinas.

Control groupAir group value

Duration to detect the redetached (days)21.25 ± 7.449.25 ± 0.500.041
Total number of surgery2.25 ± 0.502.50 ± 0.580.686
Final BCVA (mean ± SD, logMAR)0.29 ± 0.280.22 ± 0.460.556
Inferior break (n, %)2 (50%)1 (25%)0.465

Independent student’s t-test. Chi-square test. BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; SD: standard deviation; logMAR: logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution.