Frequency of different grades of proliferative vitreo-retinopathy in patients admitted for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Objective: to determine the frequency of different grades of proliferative vitreo-retinopathy (pvr) in patients admitted for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair. methodology: study was conducted at department of ophthalmology,lady reading hospital,peshawar. study design was descriptive and study was carried out in six months from june 1st 2014 to december 1st 2014. all the patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (rrd) fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were enrolled. patients having rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were collected and detailed history and complete ocular examination including visual acuity,pupillary examination,slit lamp examination and fundus examination were performed. diagnostic criteria used was based upon the presence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and pvr was diagnosed on slit lamp biomicroscopy and indirect ophthalmoscopy. pvr was further categorized into different grades (a,b and c). results: study was conducted on 177 patients. mean age was 47 years with standard deviation±1.28. eight percent patients had proliferative vitreo-retinopathy in which 7% patient had grade a pvr,57% patients had grade b pvr and 36% patients had grade c pvr. conclusion: small number of patients were found to have pvr. majority were having age more than 40 years with slight male predominance. grade b pvr was the commonest identified in our study. © 2016,postgraduate medical institute. all rights reserved.