Timing of Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Management of Gunshot Perforating Eye Injury: Observational Study

Table 6

(a) Relation of the gunshot and visual acuity in the 2 groups. (b) Postoperative visual acuity in patients with corneal entry. (c) Postoperative visual acuity in patients with macula exit. (d) Postoperative visual acuity in patients with optic disc exit.

(a)

BCVA postoperatively	⁢Corneal entry		⁢Macular exit		⁢Disc exit			value
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
LP	9	10.71	8	13.55	11	36.66	17.295	0.002
HM^†	47	55.95	34	57.62	18	60
CF 1 m^‡	28	33.33	17	28.81	1	3.33

BCVA: best corrected visual acuity.
LP: light perception.
^†HM: hand motion.
^‡CF: counting finger.
is significant if <0.05.

(b)

BCVA postoperatively	⁢Group		⁢Group			value
	Number	%	Number	%
LP=	8	13.79	1	3.84	2.597	0.273
HM^†	33	56.89	14	53.84
CF 1 m^‡	17	29.31	11	42.30

BCVA: best corrected visual acuity.
LP: light perception.
^†HM: hand motion.
^‡CF: counting finger.
is significant if <0.05.

(c)

BCVA postoperatively	⁢Group		⁢Group			value
	Number	%	Number	%
LP=	7	14.3	1	10	0.757	0.685
HM^†	27	55.1	7	70
CF 1 m^‡	15	30.6	2	20

BCVA: best corrected visual acuity.
LP: light perception.
^†HM: hand motion.
^‡CF: counting finger.
is significant if <0.05.

(d)

BCVA postoperatively	⁢Group		⁢Group			value
	Number	%	Number	%
LP	10	47.6	1	11.1	4.507	0.105
HM^†	10	47.6	8	88.9
CF 1 m^‡	1	4.8	0	0

BCVA: best corrected visual acuity.
LP: light perception.
^†HM: hand motion.
^‡CF: counting finger.
is significant if <0.05.