Surgical Management of Macular Pucker.

Lee, Sang Heon; Kim, Kwang Soo

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(11):990-996.
Published online November 1, 1991.

Surgical Management of Macular Pucker.

Sang Heon Lee, Kwang Soo Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

Macular Pucker 의 수술적 처치

김광수(Kwang Soo Kim),이상헌(Sang Heon Lee)

Abstract

Macular pucker describes minute radiating retinal folds and a preretinal membrane in the macular area. Macular pucker can cause reduced central vision and metamorphopsia. In this study, vitreous surgery is used to remove epiretinal membrane in 21 eyes (21 patients) with macular pucker. In order of the decreasing frequency, the causes of macular pucker were uveitis (9 eyes, 429%). trauma (5 eyes). idiopathic (4 eyes), retinal detachment (2 eyes) and retinal vascular disorder (1 eye). The results were as follows: 1. Preoperative visual acuity was 0.2 (40/200) or higher in 6 cases (28.6%). Postoperative visual acuity was 0.2 (40/200) or higher in 16 cases (76.2%). 2. The visual acuity was improved in 18 cases (85.7%) after surgery. 3. The eyes with final visual acuity of 0.1 (20/200) or less had severe preexisting macular damage such as degeneration or edema.

Key Words: Macular pucker;Epiretinal membrane;Vitreous surgery