European and UK Retinal Detachment Surgery Outcomes with Giant Tears, 2011-2024

A European Society of Retina Specialists and British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons cohort study of 215 eyes with giant retinal tear-associated retinal detachment between 2011 and 2024. The data, published by figshare admin karger, compares anatomical and visual outcomes for surgeries using gas versus silicone oil tamponade. The mean patient age was 53 years, and 80% of cases were male.

Use Cases

• Comparing anatomical success rates of gas versus silicone oil tamponade based on surgical outcomes data.
• Analyzing factors associated with postoperative visual acuity, such as macular status and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) grade.
• Investigating the relationship between giant retinal tear extent and the choice of surgical tamponade.
• Building predictive models for surgical success in retinal detachment repair based on patient and tear characteristics.

Strengths

• Includes 215 patient cases with detailed surgical and outcome variables.
• Data spans a 13-year period (2011-2024) from a multinational surgical database.
• Provides specific statistical results, including odds ratios and confidence intervals for key outcomes.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (35.9 KB), indicating limited scope or summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

European Society of Retina Specialists and British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons vitreoretinal surgery outcomes database.

Collection Method

Cohort study of routinely collected clinical data.

Time Range

2011 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 13:55:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Europe and the United Kingdom/Ireland