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Trial reportIndian journal of ophthalmology2017

Retinal shortening: Ultrasonic evaluation of proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

Brijesh Takkar, Shreyas Temkar, Nripen Gaur, Pradeep Venkatesh, Rohan Chawla, Atul Kumar

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Trial report in Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Brijesh TakkarDr. R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Shreyas TemkarDr. R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Nripen GaurDr. R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Pradeep VenkateshDr. R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Rohan ChawlaDr. R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Atul KumarDr. R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the effect of extraretinal proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) on retinal shortening in eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) using ultrasound (USG) and objectively prove the presence of intraretinal PVR (iPVR).

methodsThis is a double-masked pilot prospective controlled case series. Patients with total RD planned for vitreoretinal surgery were included in the study. USG was used to determine retinal-to-choroidal length ratios (RCRs) in all the quadrants. Group 1 included 10 patients with preoperative PVR more than Grade B while Group 2 had 14 with PVR of Grades A or B. Severe retinal shortening was defined as RCR < 0.8. Primary outcome measures were severe retinal shortening and an early unexplained recurrence of RD within 15 days of surgery.

resultsMean RCRs were significantly low in all the four quadrants of Group 1 upon comparison with Group 2. The mean RCR had a good negative correlation with number of quadrants of PVR (R = -0.66, P ≤ 0.001). Overall, severe quadrantic retinal shortening was detected in nine patients. In these 9 patients, 11 of the 36 retinal quadrants had severe retinal shortening in the absence of extraretinal PVR (ePVR). Six patients developed early unexplained RD, and all of these belonged to Group 1. Severe quadrantic retinal shortening had the highest odds ratio of developing early unexplained RD (odds ratio = 58, P = 0.01).

conclusionRetinal shortening occurs both due to ePVR and iPVR, and iPVR occurs independently at least in some cases. Severe quadrantic retinal shortening indicates poor primary anatomical prognoses.

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AdultAgedChildDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRetinaRetinal DetachmentRisk FactorsUltrasonographyVitreoretinal SurgeryVitreoretinopathy, ProliferativeYoung Adult

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PMID29133645
PMCPMC5700587

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