title: [Preretinal membrane in the macular area before and after the scleral buckling procedure].
abstract: In 100 consecutive eyes with successful repair for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, a prospective study was performed for preretinal membranes in the macular area by assessing before and after scleral buckling surgery. The preoperative prevalence of the preretinal membrane was 23% in the eyes with macula-on detachment, although not feasible in the eyes with preoperative macula-off. After surgery, preretinal membranes were revealed in 59%, and macular puckers associated with retinal distortion were observed in 9%. Approximately half of the eyes without a preretinal membrane before surgery developed a postoperative preretinal membrane, suggesting that the preoperative preretinal membrane, which has been considered to be a remnant of the vitreous cortex, was not always necessary for the development of postoperative preretinal membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling