AIM: To investigate the visual recovery factors in patients with complex traumatic and non-traumatic retinal detachment.

METHODS: According to the history of ocular trauma before admission, 135 patients with complex retinal detachment were divided into traumatic group(n=66, 66 eyes)and non-traumatic group(n=69, 69 eyes). The results of visual recovery and complications were compared between the two groups. Logistic regression was used to analyze the related factors of visual recovery in the two groups.

RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the recovery rate between the two groups within 24h after surgery(77.3% vs 78.3%, P>0.05), and there was no significant difference in the total incidence of complications at 3mo after surgery(18.2% vs 17.4%, P>0.05). Multifactorial Logistic regression analysis showed significant correlation between age, injury type, time since retinal detachment, rage of retinal detachment, preoperative vitreous blood, proliferative vitreoretinopathy(PVR)and postoperative visual recovery in patients with complex traumatic retinal detachment(P<0.05); age, time since retinal detachment, rage of retinal detachment and macular status were significantly associated with visual recovery in patients with complex non-traumatic retinal detachment(P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: Age, time since retinal detachment and rage of retinal detachment were significantly associated with traumatic and non-traumatic retinal detachment. The injury type, preoperative vitreous hemorrhage, PVR were significantly correlated with the visual recovery of traumatic retinal detachment patients. The condition of macular was significantly associated with the visual recovery of non-traumatic retinal detachment patients.