title: [Vitrectomy in treatment of idiopathic and secondary pre-retinal fibrosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the results of vitrectomy in the management of preretinal fibrosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  45 patients with preretinal fibrosis treated with vitrectomy were analysed. 33 of them were treated from 1997 to 1998 in Ophthalmology Dept. University of Heidelberg (Germany) and 12 were treated from 1998 to 1999 in the 1st Eye Hospital Lublin University School of Medicine. The reason for preretinal fibrosis: idiopathic-22 patients, retinal detachment--16, retinal vein occlusion--2, trauma--2, uveitis-1, perivasculitis--1, alopecia--1.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Due to applied treatment 27 patients (60%) showed visual improvement, 13 patients (29%) had the same visual acuity before and after vitrectomy and 5 patients (11%) noticed a decrease of visual acuity after the treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vitrectomy is an effective method of treatment of patients with preretinal fibrosis. In cases with no improvement of visual acuity after surgery, vitrectomy could reduce a metamorphopsia.
authors.affiliation: I Kliniki Okulistyki Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mackiewicz
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Holz
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Völcker
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zagórski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Witrektomia w leczeniu samoistnych i wtórnych zwłóknień przedsiatkówkowych.