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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmol Retina. 2024 Feb 1;8(8):832–837. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.01.023

Table 2.

Surgical outcomes in eyes that received silicone oil tamponade or another tamponade for retinal detachment secondary to proliferative sickle cell retinopathy

No. (%)
Silicone oil tamponade Other tamponade P - value
No. of eyes 28 (53.8) 24 (46.2)
Mean preoperative BCVA 20/704 20/530 0.57
Mean BCVA at last follow-up exam 20/647 20/110 0.006
BCVA ≥ 20/40 2 (7.1) 12 (50.0) < 0.001
BCVA ≤ 20/200 16 (57.1) 10 (41.7) 0.27
Reattachment at 6 months 15 (53.6) 17 (70.8) 0.20

BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity