May 2003
Volume 44, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2003
Silicone Oil Versus Gas Tamponade for Complicated Diabetic Vitrectomy
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • C.J. Flaxel
    Doheny Retina Institute of the Doheny Eye Institute, Univ of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • J. Kim
    Department of Ophthalmology, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, United States
  • P. Bekendam
    Department of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, United States
  • P. Row
    Department of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, United States
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  C.J. Flaxel, None; J. Kim, None; P. Bekendam, None; P. Row, None.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2003, Vol.44, 3970. doi:
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      C.J. Flaxel, J. Kim, P. Bekendam, P. Row; Silicone Oil Versus Gas Tamponade for Complicated Diabetic Vitrectomy . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2003;44(13):3970.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Purpose: Evaluation of final visual acuity and anatomical outcome in an Hispanic diabetic population undergoing initial vitreoretinal surgery for severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy complicated by traction retinal detachment. Methods: Retrospective review of 57 consecutive diabetic vitrectomy's performed by a single surgeon in a county hospital over a three year period. Results: 91% of eyes had macular involving traction retinal detachment, 21% received silicone oil tamponade and 79% received gas tamponade. 18% of the gas treated eyes developed retinal detachment while detachment occurred in no silicone oil treated eyes, though this difference was not statistically significant.. Follow-up was for a minimum of 1 year (range 1-4 years) in both groups. Pre-surgery initial visual acuity (median: 1/200 for gas eyes versus hand motion for oil eyes) was better in the gas group (P<.03) as was post-surgery final visual acuity (median: hand motion for gas eyes versus light perception/hand motion for oil eyes) (p<.01). Conclusions: There was no statistically significant difference in final anatomical outcome in the silicone oil versus the gas tamponade groups. There was a statistically significant difference however in the final visual acuity between the two groups with the gas group having a better final visual acuity at the end of follow-up, though this visual acuity level was generally poor at hand motion.

Keywords: diabetic retinopathy • retinal detachment • vitreoretinal surgery 
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