Visual recovery after buckling surgery for macula - off retinal detachment
Zagazig University Medical Journal. 2001; (Special Issue-Nov.): 214-19
in English
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ABSTRACT
The purpopse of this work is to study the postoperative course of the recovery of macular function. The visual recovery after a scleral buckling surgery for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment involving the macula was investigated retrospectively. 52 patients with 52 eyes had been treated with a segmental, radial or encircling scleral buckle. The follow up period was for more than 5 years. All cases with a history of trauma, macular diseases, cataract and previous vitreoretinal surgery were excluded from the study. A better postoperative visual recovery was obtained in cases with better preoperative visual acuity, short duration of macular detachment and also cases of emmetropia or a low degree of myopia. The best corrected visual acuities were better at 5 years postoperatively than at 3 months by two lines or more in 22 eyes [42%]. Good preoperative visual acuity and short duration of macular detachment carries a better postoperative visual recovery. The visual function may continue to improve over the long-term
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Scleral Buckling
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Visual Acuity
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
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Macula Lutea
Language:
English
Journal:
Zagazig Univ. Med. J.
Year:
2001
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