The surgical management of macular pucker in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
Fourteen patients underwent surgery for macular pucker. The maximal follow-up is 26 months, the minimum is 3 months, and the average is 10 months. The essential feature of the operation is mechanical separation of the posterior cortical vitreous from the retinal surface. A fine wrinkling retinopathy usually remains. Visual recovery, although usually incomplete, is significant and has been maintained throughout the entire period of observation.
D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008722:Methods; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*