Ultrasound biomicroscopy of residual vitreous base after vitreoretinal surgery

Luisa Pierro, Claudio Azzolini, Marco Codenotti, Cristina Locatelli, Gemma Tremolada, Rosario Brancato

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Abstract

Residual vitreous base after vitreoretinal surgery was evaluated by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM). Twenty aphakic and pseudoaphakic patients (20 eyes) undergoing surgery for different vitreoretinal diseases were evaluated by high-frequency (50 MHz), high-resolution (50 μm) UBM, performed the day before surgery, weekly up to 1 month after surgery and then monthly. One week after surgery, the vitreous remnants were 'hardly visible' in 3 cases, 'visible' in 6 cases and 'highly visible' in 11. At the end of the follow-up (2.2 months), the 'hardly visible' cases increased to 6 and the 'visible' cases to 12, while the 'highly visible' cases decreased to 2. UBM demonstrated that vitreous base remnants were present in spite of accurate surgery; a spontaneous volume reduction of vitreous was observed during the follow-up.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13-15
Number of pages3
JournalOphthalmologica
Volume216
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Ultrasound biomicroscopy
  • Vitreoretinal surgery
  • Vitreous base

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology

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