title: [Drusen characteristics after internal limiting membrane peeling].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are some reports showing isolated cases of drusen regression after pars plana vitrectomy (ppV) with peeling of the internal limiting membrane (iLM). Drusen characteristics after iLM peeling was investigated in this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of 527 patients who had received iLM peeling between 2004 and 2012 were retrospectively collected and those patients with retinal drusen were selected for the study. Fundus photographs before and after vitrectomy due to a macular hole or epiretinal gliosis were compared and drusen arrangement in the peeling site was analyzed. The aim of the study was to show whether there was drusen regression 2-5 months after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of the 527 patients 11 showed central macular drusen, 4 with confluent large drusen (> 63 µm diameter) and 7 with small hard drusen (≤ 63 µm diameter). One patient showed drusen regression after iLM peeling without any changes in the other eye and all other patients showed no differences in the drusen findings (n = 6) or even some additional drusen (n = 4) without drusen alterations in the other eye.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study could not confirm some reports showing drusen regression after iLM peeling in the peeling site in general and there was only one single case of central drusen regression.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Deutschland, fabian.lehmann@klinik.uni-regensburg.de.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jenisch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Helbig
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gamulescu
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015594:Optic Disk Drusen / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D042262:Retinoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Verhalten von Drusen nach "internal limiting membrane peeling".