Vitrectomy vs scleral buckling: Recurrence of retinal detachment at least 3 months after operation
Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) may leads to lower recurrence of retinal detachment at least 3 months after operation compared with scleral buckling (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) vs scleral buckling Recurrence of retinal detachment at least 3 months after operation · people with simple rhegmatogenous retinal detachments Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) may leads to lower recurrence of retinal detachment at least 3 months after operation compared with scleral buckling (low certainty). Pars plana vitrectomy versus scleral buckling for repairing simple rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.75 [0.59, 0.96] | 9 studies · 1320 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pars plana vitrectomy versus scleral buckling for repairing simple rhegmatogenous retinal detachments 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.