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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2013 Dec 31;157(4):870–875.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.12.019

Table 4.

Comparison of Rhegmatogenous and Traction Retinal Detachment Outcomes in Published Proliferative Sickle Retinopathy Case Series

Authors/Year Institution Surgical Indication Procedures SB Last Measured VA ≥ 20/400 Anterior Segment Ischemia
Ryan, Goldberg 1971 Wilmer/UIC RRD 7 5 71% 4
TRD +/− RRD 3 3 0% 2
Jampol et al 1982 UIC RRD 4 4 100% 0
TRD +/− RRD 10 10 50% 1
Pulido et al 1988 BPEI RRD 0 0 No cases 0
TRD +/− RRD 9 6 78% 0
Williamson et al 2009 St. Thomas’ Hospital RRD 3 0 100% 0
TRD +/− RRD 2 0 100% 0
Current Study 2013 BPEI RRD 2 0 100% 0
TRD +/− RRD 6 2 100% 0

BPEI: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, RRD: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, SB: scleral buckle, TRD: tractional retinal detachment, UIC: University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, VA: visual acuity, Wilmer: Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins University