• Title of article

    Vitrectomy for a periting macular fold in a cae of reolved hypotony maculopathy

  • Author/Authors

    arah E. Benon، نويسنده , , Keith Barton، نويسنده , , Zdenek J. Gregor، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    487
  • To page
    489
  • Abstract
    Purpoe To decribe a patient with reolved hypotony maculopathy with a peritent retinal fold (depite normalization of intraocular preure [IOP]) who underwent ucceful urgical intervention by vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peel, and ga tamponade. Deign Interventional cae report. Method A 55-year-old man with a hypotony-induced macular retinal fold that did not improve following normalization of IOP underwent vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and ga injection. Optical coherence tomography can were performed both before and after urgery. Reult Bet-corrected viual acuity (BCVA) improved from 6/60 preoperatively to 6/9, with improvement in ditortion. On repeat optical coherence tomography examination, the macular retinal fold had reolved. Concluion Vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling and ga tamponade may be ueful for cae of reolved hypotony maculopathy complicated by a peritent macular fold after normalization of IOP.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    625078