Macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy for retinal pigment epithelial tear.

作者信息

Gelisken Faik, Karim-Zoda Khakima, Grisanti Salvatore, Bartz-Schmidt Karl Ulrich

机构信息

Universitaets-Augenklinik, Schleichstr. 12, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany.

出版信息

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2005 Jun;243(6):619-21. doi: 10.1007/s00417-004-1098-1. Epub 2005 Jan 14.

PURPOSE

To report a case of retinal pigment epithelial tear treated by macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy.

METHODS

Interventional case report. A 75-year-old woman with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and retinal pigment epithelial tear underwent macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy and silicone oil tamponade. After 3 months, pars plana vitrectomy, silicone oil removal, and muscle surgery were performed.

RESULTS

Twenty-two months after macular translocation surgery, the visual acuity of the patient had improved to 20/50 (preoperative 20/200). No proliferative vitreoretinopathy or recurrence of the choroidal neovascularisation was observed.

CONCLUSIONS

Macular translocation surgery with 360 degrees retinotomy can improve vision in retinal pigment epithelial tear secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration.