Research Article

Peak Occurrence of Retinal Detachment following Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis with Internal Validation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and surgical procedures performed.

VariableAll patients ()

Mean age (years)65.5
≥5088.9%
<5011.1%
Gender
Male59.3%
Female40.7%
Symptoms duration
≤1 weeks58.9%
>1 weeks41.1%
Trauma11.1%
Complicated cataract surgery25.9%
Retinal characteristics
Macula
  On38.5%
  Off61.5%
Inferior tears18.5%
Lattice degeneration7.4%
PVR11.1%
Surgical procedure
PR35.2%
PPV63%
SB1.8%

Abbreviations: PVR, proliferative viteroretinopathy; PR, pneumatic retinopexy; PPV, pars plana vitrectomy; SB, scleral buckling.