title: Biomicroscopic study of the vitreous in eyes with macular pucker after retinal detachment surgery.
abstract: The posterior vitreous condition of 43 eyes with macular pucker following retinal detachment surgery was studied using the El Bayadi-Kajiura preset lens mounted on a slit lamp. The posterior vitreous was found to be attached in one eye (2%), completely detached in 29 eyes (68%), and partially detached with residual vitreoretinal adhesion to the macular area in 13 eyes (30%). Macular pucker with partial posterior vitreous detachment was significantly more frequent (P less than .05) in eyes with refractive errors of -4 diopters or less. That condition was also accompanied by a higher incidence of dye leakage in the macular area by fluorescein angiography, a shorter time lapse between retinal detachment surgery and development of macular pucker, and a worse visual outcome than was found in eyes with complete posterior vitreous detachment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*