title: [Pars plana vitrectomy in epimacular membranes].
abstract: Epimacular membranes /EMM/ reduce markedly visual acuity and the only treatment is pars plana vitrectomy /PPV/ and removal of the EMM. The authors analyzed the results of PPV in 30 eyes with EMM of different aetiology. The group comprised 4 idiopathic EMM and 26 secondary EMM after operations of a detached retina, injury, intraocular inflammation, occlusion of the retinal vein and retinopathies of the premature. The operation markedly improved the visual acuity in 20 eyes /67%/ and the best results were obtained in idiopathic EMM. The prognosis did not depend on the preoperative visual acuity and duration of the disease and was determined by the state of the macula beneath EMM which in dense secondary EMM is difficult to assess before operation. The poorest functional results were obtained in postinflammatory and post-traumatic EMM.
authors.affiliation: II. ocní klinika 1. LF UK, Praha.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kalvodová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gergelyová
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*