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Title:	Rescue of retinal function by macular translocation surgery in age-related macular degeneration and other diseases with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization
Authors:	Terasaki, Hiroko
Keywords:	Age-related macular degeneration high myopia choroidal neovascularization macular translocation vitrectomy
Issue Date:	May-2001
Publisher:	Nagoya University School of Medicine
Citation:	Nagoya Journal of Medical Science. v.64, n.1-2, 2000, p.1-9
Abstract:	Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness among the elderly. In AMD and some other macular diseases, subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) damages the underlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and because retinal function is dependent on a healthy RPE, vision is markedly reduced by a subfoveal CNV. To treat such CNVs, macular translocation surgery has been performed to move the sensory retina from the damaged RPE to healthier RPE. At present, this surgery is the only possible treatment to improve the visual acuity of patients with subfoveal CNV. Macular translocation surgery involves the detachment of the entire retina from the RPE by a subretinal infusion of fluid and creating a 360° circumferential retinotomy followed by the rotation of the retina. Severe postoperative complications such as recurrent retinal detachment have been reported in about 30% of the cases after macular translocation. To determine the efficacy of this surgery, it ...
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2237/5362
Appears in Collections:	Nagoya journal of medical science

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