Foveal-Sparing ILM Peeling in a Case with Vitreomacular Traction and Foveal Detachment.

Case Rep Ophthalmol

VIROS - Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery, A Karl Landsteiner Institute, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.

Published: April 2021

A pseudophakic female patient, 80 years of age, presented with a vitreomacular traction and foveal detachment at her right eye. To avoid development of a full-thickness macular hole during surgery, foveal-sparing ILM peeling was performed. After surgery, distance-corrected visual acuity increased from 0.3 to 0.6 (Snellen) 3 months after surgery and fovea was re-attached again with restoration of the retinal layers.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077479PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000510957DOI Listing

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