Results of Surgical Treatment of Complicated Pars Planitis

ABSTRACT

We performed pars plana vitrectomy on 19 patients with pars planitis with its complications like vitreous opacity and retinal detachment.There were 16 males and 3 females with a mean age of 42.8 years.The follow-up ranged from 6 to 122 months with a mean of 25 months.Following surgery, final visual acuity was improved or unchanged in the 78.9 percent of patients.Eight cases (42.1%)showed improved vision, seven patients (36.8%) showed no change and four cases (21.1%)worse vision.Retinal detachment was successfully repaired in 17 patients and two eyes failed anatomically due to the proliferative vitreoretinopathy.The main factor favoring functional success was the short duration from the onset to the time of vitrectomy.It might be concluded that vitrectomy should be performed in the vision threatening stages on the patients with complicated pars planitis.