2Private Practitioner, Ophthalmology, Antalya, Türkiye
3Akdeniz University, Ophthalmology, Antalya, Türkiye
4Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology, Antalya, Türkiye DOI : 10.37845/ret.vit.2025.34.38 Purpose: To compare nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) findings between patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and healthy individuals.
Methods: Fifty-five patients that underwent surgery for RRD, who did not have a history of any disease affecting nailfold capillaries and 65 healthy subjects were included in the study. The NVC findings of the RRD group were compared with the healthy control group.
Results: Forty-three (78.19%) of the patients were male and 12 (21.81%) were female in the RRD group. The control group comprised 43 (66.2%) males and 22 (33.8%) females. Among the NVC findings, major (specific) microvascular abnormalities, ectasia, hemorrhage, tortuosity, neoformation, and bizarre and bushy capillaries were statistically significantly higher in the RRD group than in the control group (p = 0.002, p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p = 0.019, p < 0.001, and p = 0.05 respectively).
Conclusion: Nailfold capillaroscopic abnormalities are more frequent in patients with RRD. It has been suggested that there may be a relationship between nailfold microvascular abnormalities and RRD formation at the point of etiopathogenesis.
Keywords : Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, Nailfold capillaroscopy, Microcirculation