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Title: [Macular pucker after retinal detachment surgery (author's transl)]. Author: von Barsewisch B, Greve P. Journal: Klin Monbl Augenheilkd; 1975 Sep; 167(3):360-6. PubMed ID: 1214413. Abstract: A report is given on 6 cases of macular pucker after retinal detachment surgery. Two of these 6 patients were found only by a check up of 145 detachment patients one year after surgery. In accordance with the literature presumbly causative factors were present in 5 of the cases: vitreous hemorrhage (4), reoperations (3) vitreous loss (1). A 6Th case with very unusual centrally located retinal breaks was operated on with a silicone explant and was seen with a macular pucker 6 months later.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]