ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To assess the two year outcome following macular translocation (MT) with scleral infolding in the management of myopic subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV). DESIGN: Prospective, clinical interventional noncomparative consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS: 79 eyes of 79 patients with myopic subfoveal CNV and less than 6 months of duration of the symptoms. INTERVENTION: MT with scleral infolding. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Visual Acuity (VA), reading ability of 12 point Arial letter sentences at a reading distance without magnifying systems and foveal displacement. RESULTS: Mean preoperative VA was 20/125, after two years the mean VA was 20/80. Reading ability of 12 point Arial letter sentences at a reading distance (33 cm) was obtained in 59% of the eyes at one year, descending to 43% at two years. Mean foveal displacement after surgery was 942 microns. Intraoperative complications have been: retinal breaks (21.5%) and choroidal haemorrhage not affecting the posterior pole (3.7%). Main postoperative complications have been: Insufficient foveal displacement: 20%; Retinal detachment: 8.8%; Subfoveal recurrence: 28%; macular fold: 2.5% and macular hole: 1.2%. CONCLUSION: MT with scleral infolding offers the opportunity to recover central vision and reading ability in patients with myopic CNV but it remains unpredictable.
