title: Anterior vitrectomy for chronic aphakic cystoid macular edema.
abstract: This report describes a series of 13 patients who underwent anterior vitrectomies for chronic aphakic cystoid macular edema (CME). All eyes had formed vitreous adherent to the intracapsular wound, vision of 20/50 or worse, and fluorescein angiographically documented CME for six months or more. Following the presentation of the results (success rate of 69%) and a discussion of this form of treatment, the beginning of a national, randomized, prospective study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of this treatment is described.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*