Multimodal imaging for detecting metamorphopsia after successful retinal detachment repair.

Authors :: Schawkat M
Valmaggia C
Lang C
Scholl HP
Guber J
Source :: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie [Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol] 2020 Jan; Vol. 258 (1), pp. 57-61. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 05.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Purpose: To investigate the etiologies of metamorphopsia after successful retinal detachment repair.<br />Methods: In this retrospective study, we included patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Patients were reviewed after 3 to 6 weeks. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), fundus biomicroscopy, Amsler grid test, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), and fundus autofluorescence images (FAF) were obtained from all patients to visualize abnormalities in retinal layers and retinal rotation.<br />Results: A total of 50 eyes from 49 consecutive patients were included, of whom 12 (24%) complained of postoperative metamorphopsia. The main cause of metamorphopsia was retinal shift after RRD repair (p < 0.001).<br />Conclusion: Distorted vision after macula-off RRD is a common and retinal shift was found to be the main reason patients experience metamorphopsia after a successful macula-off RRD repair.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1435-702X
Volume :: 258
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 31691007
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-019-04498-6

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