title: [Surgical treatment of epiretinal macular fibrosis: the Lausanne experience].
abstract: Between 1981 and 1988, vitreous surgery was performed on 28 nondiabetic patients with epiretinal macular fibroplasia. The fibroplasia was idiopathic in 9 eyes, occurred after successful surgery for retinal detachment in 10, and was associated with other ocular disorders in 9. The patients were followed up for between 5 and 72 months. While visual acuity improved in 26 cases, metamorphopsia increased in all. The results were poorer in cases where symptoms had already existed for more than 6 months or where not only the retina, but also the macula was detached. Complications were confined to 3 cases in which peripheral tears occurred intraoperatively; there were 2 postoperative retinal detachments. While increased lens opacification was observed in 7 patients, a recurrence was seen only in one.
authors.affiliation: Clinique ophtalmologique universitaire Lausanne.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piguet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonvers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy
vernacular_title: Traitement chirurgical de la fibrose maculaire épirétinienne: expérience lausannoise.