Abstract: Objective To evaluate the changes in subfoveal choroidal thickness(SCT)in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment using optical coherence tomography(OCT)and analyze the correlation between SCT and visual outcomes. Methods 63 consecutive patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment after anatomically successful treated with vitrectomy were selected. The unaffected fellow eye was used as a control for additional comparison. All patients underwent a comprehensive ophthalmologic examination, including the measurement of best corrected visual acuity(BCVA), binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy and contact lens slit-lamp biomicroscopy, fundus photography and OCT examination. The differences of SCT between the groups were analyzed. The correlative analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between SCT and BCVA. Results Compared with baseline, the logMAR BCVA was significantly increased. The postoperative BCVA was positively related to preoperative BCVA(P<0.05). Compared with preoperative, the SCT at 3 days after surgery in RRD group was significantly increased. The SCT was negatively related to BCVA. Conclusion Our results indicate that the SCT is significantly increased in RRD at 3 days after surgery, then the SCT gradually decreased. The SCT was not correlated with the final BCVA.

Key words: rhegmatogenous retinal detachments, subfoveal choroidal thickness, visual acuity, optical coherence tomography

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