@article {882976,
	title = {Long-term surgical outcomes of retinal detachment in patients with Stickler syndrome.},
	journal = {Clin Ophthalmol},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016},
	pages = {1531-4},
	abstract = {PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to present the long-term anatomical and visual outcomes of retinal detachment repair in patients with Stickler syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study is a retrospective, interventional, consecutive case series of patients with Stickler syndrome undergoing retinal reattachment surgery from 2009 to 2014 at the Associated Retinal Consultants, William Beaumont Hospital. RESULTS: Sixteen eyes from 13 patients were identified. Patients underwent a mean of 3.1 surgical interventions (range: 1-13) with a mean postoperative follow-up of 94 months (range: 5-313 months). Twelve eyes (75\%) developed proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Retinal reattachment was achieved in 100\% of eyes, with ten eyes (63\%) requiring silicone oil tamponade at final follow-up. Mean preoperative visual acuity (VA) was 20/914, which improved to 20/796 at final follow-up (P=0.81). There was a significant correlation between presenting and final VA (P\&lt;0.001), and patients with poorer presenting VA were more likely to require silicone oil tamponade at final follow-up (P=0.04). CONCLUSION: Repair of retinal detachment in patients with Stickler syndrome often requires multiple surgeries, and visual outcomes are variable. Presenting VA is significantly predictive of long-term VA outcomes.},
	issn = {1177-5467},
	doi = {10.2147/OPTH.S111526},
	author = {Reddy, Devasis N and Yonekawa, Yoshihiro and Thomas, Benjamin J and Nudleman, Eric D and Williams, George A}
}
