Vitrectomy in treatment of idiopathic and secondary pre-retinal fibrosis
Mackiewicz, J.; Holz, F.; Völcker, H.; Zagórski, Z.
Klinika Oczna 104(1): 23-25
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2157 PMID: 12046304 Document Number: 543506
To present the results of vitrectomy in the management of preretinal fibrosis. 45 patients with preretinal fibrosis treated with vitrectomy were analysed. 33 of them were treated from 1997 to 1998 in Ophthalmology Dept. University of Heidelberg (Germany) and 12 were treated from 1998 to 1999 in the 1st Eye Hospital Lublin University School of Medicine. The reason for preretinal fibrosis: idiopathic-22 patients, retinal detachment--16, retinal vein occlusion--2, trauma--2, uveitis-1, perivasculitis--1, alopecia--1. Due to applied treatment 27 patients (60%) showed visual improvement, 13 patients (29%) had the same visual acuity before and after vitrectomy and 5 patients (11%) noticed a decrease of visual acuity after the treatment. Vitrectomy is an effective method of treatment of patients with preretinal fibrosis. In cases with no improvement of visual acuity after surgery, vitrectomy could reduce a metamorphopsia.