[Surgical treatment of retinoschisis (author's transl)].

We have made a review of 20 retinoschisis without retinal detachment operated on 12 patients. There is no case of hereditary retinoschisis, the affection may occur at any age, and there is no preferential refractive error. Main surgical indications were macular involvement or impending involvement, and associated retinal tears. A good anatomical result has been obtained in 90% of our cases (18 out of 20) with 2/3 complete reattachments and 1/3 almost complete reattachments (with minimal and well sealed residual schisis). Association of cryocoagulation and indentation is more effective than cryocoagulation alone. On the functional point of view we have had 15% of improved visual acuities and 30% of worsened ones, thus surgical intervention implies macular risks that one must try to prevent by using procedures as atraumatic as possible.