Clinical Study

Air Bubble Technique for Fundus Visualization during Vitrectomy in Aphakia

Table 2

Demographic and baseline preoperative data of group 2 (22 patients), who were aphakic and underwent vitrectomy.

Age (year), mean ± SD (range)53.8 ± 10.6 years (25–89)

Sex, numberMale14
Female8

Surgical indication, numberDropped IOL from previous phacoemulsification surgery8
Dropped nucleus or lens fragments from previous phacoemulsification surgery11
Traumatic posterior dislocation of crystalline lens1
Rhegmatogenous RD1
Syndromatic posterior dislocation of crystalline lens (Marfan syndrome)1

SD: standard deviation; IOL: intraocular lens; RD: retinal detachment.