title: COMPARING PERIPHERAL VITRECTOMY UNDER AIR AND FLUID INFUSION FOR PRIMARY RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy and safety of peripheral vitrectomy under air infusion in comparison with fluid infusion in patients undergoing 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 80 eyes of 80 patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were enrolled into the study. Forty cases underwent peripheral vitrectomy under air infusion (air group), and a control group of equal number underwent peripheral vitrectomy under fluid infusion (fluid group). Peripheral iatrogenic retinal breaks during peripheral vitrectomy, postoperative visual acuities, and retinal redetachment rates were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of eyes with peripheral iatrogenic retinal breaks in air group during peripheral vitrectomy was statistically comparable with that in fluid group (1/40 and 4/40, 2.5% and 10%, respectively; P = 0.16). Scleral depression was necessitated in 7 of 40 cases (17.5%) during the operation in the air group. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in means of postoperative visual acuity and retinal redetachment (P = 0.18 and P = 1.0, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peripheral vitrectomy under air infusion for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment revealed comparable results with fluid infusion in terms of intraoperative and postoperative complications and surgical outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gurkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Cihan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Unlu
authors.forename: Bugra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karasu
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kardes
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ergin
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000388:Air; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008903:Minerals / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; C030660:BSS solution; D004338:Drug Combinations; D008903:Minerals; D012965:Sodium Chloride