POSTERIORLY INSERTED VITREOUS BASE: Preoperative Characteristics, Intraoperative Findings, and Outcomes After Vitrectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the preoperative characteristics, intraoperative and postoperative complications, and outcomes of eyes with posteriorly inserted vitreous base.

Methods

In this retrospective, observational, consecutive case series at 2 academic centers, 37 patients were studied who had posteriorly inserted vitreous base noted during vitrectomy. Posteriorly inserted vitreous base was defined as the insertion of the posterior hyaloid membrane being located posterior to the vortex veins. Fifteen eyes were analyzed in a histopathologic study of donor eyes to determine the average distance of the ora serrata from the vortex veins as this distance is uncertain.

Results

Posteriorly inserted vitreous base was identified during vitrectomy in 31 eyes with rhegmatogenous ret

SUBMITTER: Sohn EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697230 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature