Abstract:PurposeTo investigate preoperative aqueous flare as a predictive factor for proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) leading to relapse in patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repear.MethodsPreoperatively, the aqueous flare of 100 consecutive patients with unilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachement (RD) was measured with Kowa FM‐500 laser flare‐cell meter. All patients were evaluated at 1 month and 6 months or just after recurence.ResultsTwenty eyes underwent redetachment secondary to PVR de… Show more
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