title: [Vitrectomy surgery for the treatment of the vitreo-retinal complications of the pars planitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of pars plana vitrectomy in the management of patients with pars planitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of the clinical course, post-operative complications and recurrent uveal inflammation following pars plana vitrectomy in patients with pars planitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 22 eyes of 19 patients. The mean follow-up was 55.7 (± 39.6) months (range 7 - 144 months). The surgical indications were, persistent vitreous opacities in 10 eyes, vitreous haemorrhage in 9 eyes, and epiretinal membrane in 3 eyes. There was an improvement in the clinical course of the uveitis in 19 of the 22 eyes (86.4%), allowing the suspension of the systemic treatment in 16 patients. An improvement of the visual acuity was observed in 20 eyes (90.9%). The most common post-operative complications were, lens opacities in 9 eyes (40.9%), and glaucoma in 4 eyes (18.2%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study suggest that pars plana vitrectomy has a beneficial effect on the course and visual function of patients with vitreo-retinal complications associated with pars planitis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Clinic de Oftalmología, Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. nmolina@uc.cl
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Molina-Prat
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Adán
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mesquida
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pelegrini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015868:Pars Planitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D057586:Vitreoretinal Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult