Pans Plans Vitrectomy for Vitreous Amyloidosis

Bernard H. Doft; Robert Machemer; Martha Skinner; Helmut Buettner; John Clarkson; Jerry Crock; David McLeod; Ron Michels; John Scott; Donald Wilson

doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(87)33402-5

Pans Plans Vitrectomy for Vitreous Amyloidosis

Bernard H. Doft, Robert Machemer, Martha Skinner, Helmut Buettner, John Clarkson, Jerry Crock, David McLeod, Ron Michels, John Scott, Donald Wilson

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Abstract

Thirty-six pars plana vitrectomies were performed on 30 eyes of 17 patients with biopsy-proven vitreous amyloidosis. Reopacification of the retrolental vitreous was the most common reason for vitrectomy revision, required in 24% of patients. Complications of amyloid or vitrectomy included retinal detachment requiring scleral buckling in 17% of eyes and glaucoma requiring filtering surgery in 17% of eyes. After a mean 35-month post-vitrectomy follow-up, 48% of eyes had visual acuities of 20/40 or better, and 32% of eyes had visual acuities between 20/50 and 20/100. Twenty percent of eyes had visual acuities of 20/200 or worse due either to persistent retinal detachment, open angle glaucoma, or residual opacification of the vitreous.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	607-611
Number of pages	5
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	94
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-6420(87)33402-5
State	Published - 1987

Keywords

Congo red
amyloid
floaters
glaucoma
pars plana vitrectomy
retinal detachment
scleral buckle
vitrectomy
vitreous

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Ophthalmology

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