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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan 24;200:187–200. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2019.01.008

Table 3.

Non-Traditional Preoperative Characteristics

Presence of Various Non-Traditional
Preoperative Characteristics
N (%)
Multiple tears in the RD > 1 clock hour apart 25 (33.3%)
Vitreous Hemorrhage 18 (24.0%)
Multiples tears in the RD > 1 clock hour apart and
tears in flat retina below 8 and 4 o’clock
13 (17.3%)
Tears in flat retina below 8 and 4 o’clock 9 (12.0%)
Vitreous Hemorrhage, Multiple Tears in the
RD > 1 clock hour apart and Tears in flat retina
4 (5.3%)
Tears in the RD below 8 and 4 o’clock 3 (4.0%)
Vitreous Hemorrhage and Multiple tears in the
RD > 1 clock hour apart
1 (1.3%)
Vitreous Hemorrhage and Tears in flat retina
below 8 and 4 o’clock
1 (1.3%)
Multiple Tears in the RD > 1 clock hour apart,
Tears in the RD below 8 and 4 o’clock and Tears
in flat retina below 8 and 4 o’clock
1 (1.3%)

N = number; RD = Primary Retinal Detachment