Improvement in macular function after retinal translocation surgery in a patient with age-related macular degeneration.
OBJECTIVE
To assess focal electroretinographic findings before and after retinal translocation surgery in a patient with age-related macular degeneration.


METHODS
Case report. A 79-year-old man with a well-defined subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane from age-related macular degeneration underwent preoperative and postoperative focal electroretinography.


RESULTS
After retinal translocation surgery, best-corrected Snellen visual acuity improved from 9/200 to 20/60. A significant increase in mean foveal amplitude, from 0.08 microV to 0.16 microV (P = 0.008) was recorded.


CONCLUSIONS
Age-related macular degenerative changes in visual acuity and foveal electroretinogram amplitude may be reversible after retinal translocation surgery.
Potter
M J
MJ
Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. mpotter@interchange.ubc.ca
Chang
T S
TS
Lee
A S
AS
Rai
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D000368:Aged; D004596:Electroretinography; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000502:physiology*; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D014792:Visual Acuity