Surgical Management and Electron Microscopic Features of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membranes.

Kim, Seung Mo; Kwon, Oh Woong

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(5):719-725.
Published online May 1, 1989.

Surgical Management and Electron Microscopic Features of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membranes.

Seung Mo Kim, Oh Woong Kwon

Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

망막내면에 발생한 원발성 증식성막의 수술적 치료와 전자현미경적 소견

김승모(Seung Mo Kim),권오웅(Oh Woong Kwon)

Abstract

Four patients underwent surgery for idiopathic epiretinal membrane at macula. The follow-up was from 5 to 8 months. The epiretinal membrane was removed by vitreous surgical technique with sutherland scissors and forceps. By electron microscopic study of the membrans, four typical cells(fibrous astrocytes, macrophages, fibrocytes and myofibroblast-like cells) were found in one case and hyalocytes in another case. In all cases visual acuity improved by more than 2 lines in Snellen chart.

Key Words: idiopathic epiretinal membrane