Journal of Clinical Medicine Article Shorter Axial Length Is a Risk Factor for Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Grade C in Eyes Unmodified by Surgical Invasion Sakiko Minami 1,2, Atsuro Uchida 1, Norihiro Nagai 1,3,4,5, Hajime Shinoda 1, Toshihide Kurihara 1 , Norimitsu Ban 1, Hiroto Terasaki 6, Hitoshi Takagi 2, Kazuo Tsubota 1 , Taiji Sakamoto 6 and Yoko Ozawa 1,3,4,5,* 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +81-3-3541-5151 Citation: Minami, S.; Uchida, A.; Nagai, N.; Shinoda, H.; Kurihara, T.; Abstract: Purpose: To investigate the risk factors for the development of proliferative vitreoretinopa- Ban, N.; Terasaki, H.; Takagi, H.; thy grade C (PVR-C), independent of prior surgical invasion.