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. 2016 Nov 23;2016:4978973. doi: 10.1155/2016/4978973

Table 5.

Type of intervention.

Study Type of intervention Number of patients
Nashed et al. [5] Vitrectomy 88
Ehrlich and Polkinghorne [8] Vitrectomy 16
Vitrectomy + buckle 3
Rouberol et al. [9] Vitrectomy +/− buckle 50
Wang et al. [10] Buckle 4
Vitrectomy + buckle 19
Vitrectomy 10
Sisk et al. [11] Vitrectomy 1
Vitrectomy + buckle 7
Buckle 1
Eliott et al. [12] Cryopexy + radial sponge 1
Sheard et al.∗∗ [13] Vitrectomy 30
Buckle 17
Lesniak et al.∗∗∗ [15] Vitrectomy +/− buckle 19
James et al. [16] Vitrectomy 14
Cryobuckle 9
Vitrectomy + cryobuckle 5

Treatment breakdown for each study included:

9 patients underwent no vitreoretinal intervention: 4 primary enucleation, 3 secondary enucleation, 1 no treatment due to phthisis, and 1 was lost to follow-up.

∗∗This study also included another 14 patients who underwent vitrectomy for retinal pathology that was not an RD; these patients are not included above.

∗∗∗Unclear how many patients underwent vitrectomy alone versus vitrectomy + buckle.