PURPOSE: To report a case of retinal pigment epithelial tear treated by macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy. METHODS: Interventional case report. A 75-year-old woman with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and retinal pigment epithelial tear underwent macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy and silicone oil tamponade. After 3 months, pars plana vitrectomy, silicone oil removal, and muscle surgery were performed. RESULTS: Twenty-two months after macular translocation surgery, the visual acuity of the patient had improved to 20/50 (preoperative 20/200). No proliferative vitreoretinopathy or recurrence of the choroidal neovascularisation was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Macular translocation surgery with 360 degrees retinotomy can improve vision in retinal pigment epithelial tear secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
PURPOSE: To report a case of retinal pigment epithelial tear treated by macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy. METHODS: Interventional case report. A 75-year-old woman with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and retinal pigment epithelial tear underwent macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy and silicone oil tamponade. After 3 months, pars plana vitrectomy, silicone oil removal, and muscle surgery were performed. RESULTS: Twenty-two months after macular translocation surgery, the visual acuity of the patient had improved to 20/50 (preoperative 20/200). No proliferative vitreoretinopathy or recurrence of the choroidal neovascularisation was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Macular translocation surgery with 360 degrees retinotomy can improve vision in retinal pigment epithelial tear secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Authors: James C Lai; Deborah J Lapolice; Sandra S Stinnett; Carsten H Meyer; Luz M Arieu; Melissa A Keller; Cynthia A Toth Journal: Arch Ophthalmol Date: 2002-10
Authors: Sabine Aisenbrey; Bart A Lafaut; Peter Szurman; Salvatore Grisanti; Christoph Lüke; Ralf Krott; Gabriele Thumann; Julia Fricke; Antje Neugebauer; Ralf-Dieter Hilgers; Peter Esser; Peter Walter; Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt Journal: Arch Ophthalmol Date: 2002-04