BACKGROUND: Abnormal vitreoretinal relationships have recently been implicated in many @entity989 . Sites of abnormal vitreoretinal adherences are likely to exist in eyes predisposed to @entity1713 (RD), causing either @entity1713 (PVD). The present study was designed in two parts to identify the risk for preoperative and postoperative proliferative @entity1715 (PVR) due to incomplete PVD. METHODS: We prospectively evaluated the vitreoretinal relationships using high-resolution kinetic echography in 102 consecutive eyes of 100 @entity1 with rhegmatogenous RD. In the first part, a case-control study was conducted to compare the vitreous status in @entity1 with preoperative PVR (cases) with that in @entity1 with non-PVR-complicated RD (controls). During the second part, @entity1 with noncomplicated RD (65 eyes) who were operated on by a simple retinal attachment procedure were followed up for a mean period of 6.6 months to compare the recurrence of RD due to postoperative PVR according to their vitreous status. RESULTS: @entity1 with PVR on study entry had a higher prevalence of partial PVD (28 of 32 eyes, 87%) than did controls (25 of 70 eyes, 35%). The statistical significance of this difference was independent of all other variables studied. After a mean follow-up period of 6.6 months, the incidence of recurrence of RD associated with postoperative PVR was 33% in the eyes with incomplete PVD, compared with 4.9% in the eyes without incomplete PVD. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support the notion that the occurrence of incomplete PVD in RD is a significant risk factor for preoperative and postoperative PVR.

Comparative study of incomplete posterior vitreous detachment as a risk factor for proliferative XXXX .

@entity1713 :: ('MESH:D012163', 'Disease') :: ['rhegmatogenous retinal detachment', 'retinal tears or incomplete posterior vitreous detachment'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity1715 :: ('MESH:D018630', 'Disease') :: ['vitreoretinopathy'] @entity989 :: ('MESH:D012164', 'Disease') :: ['vitreoretinal disorders']
@entity1715 :: (MESH:D018630,Disease) :: ['vitreoretinopathy']
