[Surgical occlusion of 2 vorticose veins in the treatment of decompensated senile macular degeneration].

Surgical occlusion of two vortex veins was carried out on 9 eyes of 9 patients with complications associated with senile macular degeneration. 5 eyes had avascular detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium; 4 eyes had a disciform macular lesion with choroidal neo-vessels. The follow-up varies from 3 months to 2 years (average 10 months). At the end of the follow-up period the visual acuity was the same or better in the 5 eyes with a vascular detachment of the pigment epithelium. Metamorphopsia regressed in all eyes. Pigment epithelium detachment in 3 eyes, which happened 1 month to 3 months postoperatively, incomplete flattening of the pigment epithelium detachment in 1 eye and no modification in 1 eye. In the 4 eyes with choroidal neo-vessels the course of the disease was not modified.