title: [Long-term visual recovery after scleral buckling of macula-off retinal detachments].
abstract: We retrospectively investigated long-term visual recovery in 32 macular reattached eyes which had been followed up for more than five years after surgery. In 17 eyes (53%), the best-corrected visual acuity at 5 years after surgery was > or = 2 lines better than best-corrected visual acuity at 3 months postoperatively. For these 17 eyes, the mean visual acuity continued to improve for up to 10 years after surgery. In the other 15 eyes, visual acuity changes were within 1 line. Improvement of long-term postoperative visual acuity was found to be statistically correlated with younger age, no or mild myopia (< -5D) and shorter duration of macular detachment (< or = 30 days). Surgeons should be aware that the visual function of reattached retinas may recover in the long-term, especially in eyes with these features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toshino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kusaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sakaue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity