PURPOSE: To report the surgical outcome of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in three highly myopic patients with macular retinoschisis and associated posterior staphyloma. METHODS: We report three highly myopic patients with macular retinoschisis and foveal detachment who underwent simple PPV without ILM peeling, with long-acting gas tamponade. Main outcome evaluations included best corrected visual acuity, biomicroscopic appearance and optical coherence tomography findings. RESULTS: Pars plana vitrectomy without ILM peeling resulted in anatomic and functional improvement in all three operated eyes for follow-up periods of > or = 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: Pars plana vitrectomy without ILM peeling is effective for treating macular retinoschisis and foveal detachment in highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma. Visual and anatomic outcomes are comparable with those in previous studies in which ILM removal was performed.
PURPOSE: To report the surgical outcome of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in three highly myopic patients with macular retinoschisis and associated posterior staphyloma. METHODS: We report three highly myopic patients with macular retinoschisis and foveal detachment who underwent simple PPV without ILM peeling, with long-acting gas tamponade. Main outcome evaluations included best corrected visual acuity, biomicroscopic appearance and optical coherence tomography findings. RESULTS:Pars plana vitrectomy without ILM peeling resulted in anatomic and functional improvement in all three operated eyes for follow-up periods of > or = 12 months. CONCLUSIONS:Pars plana vitrectomy without ILM peeling is effective for treating macular retinoschisis and foveal detachment in highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma. Visual and anatomic outcomes are comparable with those in previous studies in which ILM removal was performed.
Authors: Giancarlo Sborgia; Francesco Boscia; Alfredo Niro; Ermete Giancipoli; Giuseppe D'Amico Ricci; Alessandra Sborgia; Luigi Sborgia; Nicola Recchimurzo; Mario R Romano; Giuseppe Addabbo; Giovanni Alessio Journal: Eye (Lond) Date: 2019-06-17 Impact factor: 3.775
Authors: Ahmet Taylan Yazici; Necip Kara; Ercument Bozkurt; Mehmet Cakir; Hasan Goker; Ahmet Demirok; Omer Faruk Yilmaz Journal: Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Date: 2010-10