title: CENTRIPETAL MOVEMENT OF THE CAPILLARIES IN THE CENTRAL MACULAR REGION AFTER INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case that showed centripetal movements of the capillaries in the central macular region after vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 57-year-old pseudophakic woman underwent successful vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling and air tamponade for a vitreomacular traction. Optical coherence tomography angiographic images of the 3 mm × 3 mm inner retinal vascular plexus were examined preoperatively and at 3 months postoperatively. The changes in 93 corresponding bifurcations of the capillaries were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of the bifurcations were displaced towards the fovea at 3 months after the vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Optical coherence tomography angiography was used to help visualize the centripetal movement of the inner retina around the fovea after the vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kami-iida Daiichi General Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hangai
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kami-iida Daiichi General Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kami-iida Daiichi General Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suetsugu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Nishigaki Eye Clinic, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuchika
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogino
mesh_terms: D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000601:surgery*; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology*; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*