title: [Surgical occlusion of 2 vorticose veins in the treatment of decompensated senile macular degeneration].
abstract: Surgical occlusion of two vortex veins was carried out on 9 eyes of 9 patients with complications associated with senile macular degeneration. 5 eyes had avascular detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium; 4 eyes had a disciform macular lesion with choroidal neo-vessels. The follow-up varies from 3 months to 2 years (average 10 months). At the end of the follow-up period the visual acuity was the same or better in the 5 eyes with a vascular detachment of the pigment epithelium. Metamorphopsia regressed in all eyes. Pigment epithelium detachment in 3 eyes, which happened 1 month to 3 months postoperatively, incomplete flattening of the pigment epithelium detachment in 1 eye and no modification in 1 eye. In the 4 eyes with choroidal neo-vessels the course of the disease was not modified.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity
vernacular_title: Occlusion chirurgicale de 2 veines vortiqueuses dans le traitement des dégénérescences maculaires séniles décompensées.