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- Title
Intraoperative challenges and management of fibrovascular membrane with tractional retinoschisis in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
- Authors
Shiraki, Akihiko; Shiraki, Nobuhiko; Sakimoto, Susumu; Maruyama, Kazuichi; Maeno, Takatoshi; Nishida, Kohji
- Abstract
Background: In severe Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR), fibrovascular membrane (FVM) causes macular tractional retinal detachment (MTRD) which threatens vision and eventually leads to blindness. Here we present a case of separation between the inner and outer retina in tractional retinoschisis, induced during intraoperative FVM delamination. Case presentation: A 68-year-old woman presented with PDR in the right eye, characterized by a combined FVM and retinal detachment, for which a vitrectomy was performed. Multiple holes, large retinal detachment extending to all quadrants, and white-lined blood vessels with FVM were found during the procedure. When membrane delamination was performed, it strayed into the space between the inner and outer retinal layers without being noticed due to retinoschisis and multiple retinal holes. After removing the FVM and detaching the separated inner retina, fluid-gas and photocoagulation were performed. Retinal reattachment was successfully achieved after surgery, and the postoperative visual acuity was improved and maintained for 26 months postoperatively. Conclusions: When tractional retinoschisis due to FVM is combined with retinal holes in tractional retinal detachment (TRD), care must be taken to prevent delamination from straying into retinoschisis during separation.
- Subjects
RETINAL surgery; VITRECTOMY; DIABETIC retinopathy; RETINAL detachment; VISUAL acuity; BLOOD vessels; RETINA; OPTICAL coherence tomography
- Publication
BMC Ophthalmology, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2415
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s12886-024-03555-x