Visual and morphological outcomes of vitreomacular traction syndrome in retinitis pigmentosa treated by vitrectomy
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Hyeong Gon Yu. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea. hgonyu@snu.ac.kr

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81600754).

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    Retrospective review of 13 eyes that had undergone pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for vitreomacular traction (VMT) syndrome in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and had a postoperative follow-up period ≥9mo in order to evaluate whether it is necessary to treat VMT in RP by vitrectomy. The 13 RP eyes suffering from VMT were evaluated by means of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), anterior and posterior binocular examination, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) before and after operation. We detected that although vitrectomy could improve the macular morphology in some RP patients with VMT, visual outcomes might be limited and unpredicted most likely because of the long-standing retinal dysfunction, but the vitrectomy is necessary in order to remain or improve the central vision in some cases.

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Feng Yan, Feng-Jie Xia, Feng Jiang, et al. Visual and morphological outcomes of vitreomacular traction syndrome in retinitis pigmentosa treated by vitrectomy. Int J Ophthalmol, 2018,11(8):1411-1415

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  • Received:September 29,2017
  • Revised:March 01,2018
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  • Online: August 07,2018
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