Comparison of 25- and 27-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Repairing Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Table 1

Perioperative demographic data of the patients.

Characteristics	25 gauge	27 gauge	value
Number of eyes	32	30	—
Sex, male/female	24/8	18/12	0.32
Age (years), mean ± SD	59 ± 13	55 ± 9	0.15
Preoperative visual acuity (logMAR), mean ± SD	0.44 ± 0.69	0.38 ± 0.61	0.73
Visual acuity at the last visit (logMAR), mean ± SD	0.07 ± 0.25	−0.02 ± 0.17	0.16
Preoperative intraocular pressure (mmHg), mean ± SD	13.0 ± 3.5	14.3 ± 2.8	0.11
Initial anatomical success	30 (93.8%)	29 (96.7%)	1
Final anatomical success	32 (100%)	30 (100%)	1
Number of breaks, mean ± SD	1.6 ± 1.2	1.9 ± 1.2	0.30
Location of breaks, superior/inferior/both/undetectable	23/8/1/0	19/9/2/0	0.96
Quadrant of retinal detachment, 1/2/3/4	10/17/4/1	10/17/3/0	0.99
Macular detachment, macular on/macular off	23/9	15/15	0.13
The number of sclerotomies that required sutures	9	4	0.30
Operative time (min), mean ± SD	103.3 ± 39.9	98.4 ± 28.3	0.77
Lens status, phakic/pseudophakic/aphakic	24/7/1	27/3/0	0.61