Table 2. Intraoperative variables in all 394 patients with comparison between eyes with and without the development of IRT.
Parameters | Iatrogenic tear (n=11) | No iatrogenic tear (n=383) | Pa |
20-gauge PPV | 45 | 16 | 0.02 |
Triamcinolone acetonide used | 64 | 71 | 0.74 |
Viewing system, BIOM/AVI/RESIGHT/EIBOS | 46/18/18/18 | 38/32/19/12 | 0.76 |
Retina surgeons (Barak Y, Barr C, Saleh O, Schaal S) | 36/27/18/18 | 43/26/17/14 | 0.93 |
IRT: Iatrogenic retinal tears; PPV: Pars plana vitrectomy; BIOM: BIOM® (OCULUS Surgical, Inc., Wetzlar, Germany); AVI: A.V.I.® (Advanced Visual Instruments, Inc., NY, USA); RESIGHT: Resight 700® (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, Germany); EIBOS: EIBOS® (HAAG-STREIT SURGICAL, Wedel, Germany). aChi-square with Yates correction.
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