ArticleThe British journal of ophthalmology2022
Silicone oil versus gas tamponade for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment treated successfully with a propensity score analysis: Japan Retinal Detachment Registry.
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- Silicone oil vs. gas tamponade in giant retinal tear associated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Review
- Silicone oil tamponade in vitreoretinal surgery and future perspective: a narrative review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Review
- Comparison of the effect of gas and silicone oil tamponades on visual outcomes in the surgical treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2026Article
- Impact of drainage retinotomy on surgical outcomes of retinal detachment: insights from the Japan-Retinal Detachment Registry.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Retinal detachment.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024Review
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- Long-Term Macular Vascular Changes after Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Surgery Resolved with Different Tamponade or Different Surgical Techniques.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Practice of postoperative face-down positioning and its duration after silicone oil tamponade in vitreoretinal surgery: Results of a survey.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyArticle
- Comparison of residual silicone oil index after removal of silicone oil with fluid-air versus oil-fluid exchange.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
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aimsTo compare the effects of silicone oil tamponade (SOT) to that of gas tamponade (GT) on the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after successful vitrectomy for retinal detachment (RD).
methodsA retrospective, multicentre, nationwide study with RD who were registered in the Japan-RD Registry. All cases with RD treated with successful vitrectomy between February 2016 and March 2017 were studied. A propensity score matching was performed using the preoperative findings as covariates to adjust the relevant confounders. The primary outcome was the estimated mean difference of the postoperative BCVA in 6 months between eyes treated with SOT to those treated with GT.
resultsOf the 3446 cases registered, 2097 cases met the entry criteria. There were 2042 eyes that had GT and 55 eyes that had SOT. Primary success was defined as a reattached retina with no tamponade at 6 months. After propensity score matching, each group contained 40 cases. The preoperative BCVA was 0.966±0.738 logMAR units in the GT group and 1.270±0.945 logMAR units in the SOT group (p=0.177). Six months postoperatively, the BCVA in the GT group was significantly better at 0.309 logMAR units in the GT group than the 0.671 logMAR units in the SOT group (p=0.002).
conclusionsEven after successful surgery for RD, eyes that experienced SOT had poorer BCVA than eyes treated with GOT. SOT should be considered cautiously. PRECIS: Propensity score analysis of eyes with rhegmatogenous RD showed that postoperative vision was worse in eyes treated once with silicone oil than with gas even after completely successful surgery.
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