Macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy for retinal pigment epithelial tear.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of retinal pigment epithelial tear treated by macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy.


METHODS
Interventional case report. A 75-year-old woman with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and retinal pigment epithelial tear underwent macular translocation with 360 degrees retinotomy and silicone oil tamponade. After 3 months, pars plana vitrectomy, silicone oil removal, and muscle surgery were performed.


RESULTS
Twenty-two months after macular translocation surgery, the visual acuity of the patient had improved to 20/50 (preoperative 20/200). No proliferative vitreoretinopathy or recurrence of the choroidal neovascularisation was observed.


CONCLUSIONS
Macular translocation surgery with 360 degrees retinotomy can improve vision in retinal pigment epithelial tear secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Gelisken
Faik
F
Universitaets-Augenklinik, Schleichstr. 12, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany. Faik.Gelisken@med.uni-Tuebingen.de
Karim-Zoda
Khakima
K
Grisanti
Salvatore
S
Bartz-Schmidt
Karl Ulrich
KU
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000379:methods; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000637:transplantation*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods