Research Article

Autofluorescence Imaging in the Long-Term Follow-Up of Scleral Buckling Surgery for Retinal Detachment

Table 2

Autofluorescent changes in the macula: analysis of variance for the fixed effects associated with the mixed model.

Fovea-on/offDetachment sizeBCVAOCTNumber of operationsTime

Macula mean (median, mode)0.17 (0.20, 0.34)0.39 (0.33, 0.15)0.0091 (0.015, 0.037)0.20 (0.19, 0.11)0.094 (0.10, 0.089)0.25 (0.21, 0.29)
Fovea mean (median, mode)0.031 (0.042, 0.078)0.60 (0.64, 0.59)0.23 (0.24, 0.075)0.036 (0.034, 0.015)0.091 (0.098, 0.059)0.17 (0.11, 0.014)
Periphery mean (median, mode)0.29 (0.39, 0.4)0.89 (0.86, 0.91)0.002 (0.0003, 0.00003)0.19 (0.036, <10−5)0.061 (0.072, 0.41)0.5 (0.31, 0.38)
Periphery area0.950.860.00220.310.360.61
Periphery perimeter0.860.570.060.980.530.91

Each line in the table corresponds to a different outcome, as indicated in the first column. Only values are reported. Significant model/effects combinations are in bold. BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity, OCT = optical coherence tomography.