title: [Subretinal lavage in fresh hemorrhage in macular degeneration].
abstract: Three eyes with acute severe subretinal hemorrhages due to age-related macular degeneration were operated on by vitrectomy, retinotomy and subretinal lavage. It was possible to improve the visual acuity (VA) in case 1 from 20/500 preoperatively to 20/200 postoperatively; VA stayed the same for 16 months. In case 2 the VA was hand movements preoperatively, and postoperatively 20/200; after 18 months it was still 20/300. In case 3 VA was 20/400 preoperatively and 20/100 postoperatively; after 15 months it was 20/700. Even if this procedure cannot be recommended as routine, it can be considered in selected cases of subretinal hemorrhages no older than 1 week.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, München, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Gabel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Subretinale Lavage bei frischer Blutung bei Makuladegeneration.