Persistent submacular fluid diagnosed with Optical Coherence Tomography after successful scleral buckle surgery for macula-off retinal detachment.

摘要

Th e objective of our study was to analyze the presence of persistent submacular fl uid after apparently successful scleral buckle surgery for macula-off retinal detachment, using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), and to correlate these fi ndings to postoperative visual acuity. Prospective study of consecutive patients hospitalized for macula-off retinal detachment, between February ???? and April ????, was carried out at the single referral centre for vitreoretinal surgery in Serbia. Outcomes were evaluated ?, ?, ? and ?? months postoperatively, using OCT and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA). All ?? patients with macula-off retinal detachment had undergone clinically successful scleral buckle surgery, ? to ?? days (mean ??.? ± ?.?) after the onset of symptoms. Reattachment was achieved and one month later, patients were divided in two groups, according to the presence of submacular fl uid assessed by OCT: group A with detectable residual submacular fl uid (???) and group B without (???). Th e mean BCVA one month postoperatively was signifi cantly lower (p