Some experimental data concerning the safety of vitrectomy.
Several reasons why vitrectomy does not compromise retinal functions are shown, based on closed and open-sky vitrectomy on the rabbit eye. We observed that ERG b- and c-waves were stable during and after open-sky vitrectomy. The c-wave disappeared when the retina was detached. Function of the retinal ganglion cells after vitrectomy was shown to be almost normal by electrophysiological studies and by measured amounts of axonally transported radioactive proteins.
Honda
Y
Y
Negi
A
A
Kawano
S
S
Takahashi
Y
Y
Chihara
E
E
D000818:Animals; D001370:Axonal Transport; D004596:Electroretinography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005123:Eye / Q000166:cytology; D011817:Rabbits; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000502:physiology