Macular translocation:: histopathologic findings in swine eyes

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作者
Roig-Melo, EA [1 ]
Alfaro, DV [1 ]
Heredia-Elizondo, ML [1 ]
Yarbrough, LM [1 ]
Game, AB [1 ]
Apple, DJ [1 ]
Quirol, HM [1 ]
机构
[1] Med Univ S Carolina, Storm Eye Inst, Hanna Retina Res Ctr, Dept Ophthalmol, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
关键词
choroid; histopathology; macula; neovascularization; surgery; translocation; treatment;
D O I
10.1177/112067210001000405
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 [眼科学];
摘要
PURPOSE. Macular translocation has been proposed as an alternative technique in the treatment of some cases of choroidal neovascularization. The purpose of the paper is to report the histopathologic findings in the retina of swine eyes undergone macular translocation. METHODS. Ten eyes of ten Yucatan pigs underwent posterior pars plana vitrectomy and scleral imbrication to achieve macular translocation. Mattress sutures were preplaced at the equator of the eyes. After a pars plana vitrectomy, balanced saline solution was injected under the temporal retina to produce a retinal detachment. Scleral imbrication was achieved by tightening the mattress sutures. An air-fluid exchange was performed and the eye was filled with sulfur hexafluoride 18%. The eyes were enucleated 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks after surgery and analyzed under light and electron microscopy. RESULTS. Macular translocation was achieved in all cases. The major findings consist of a minimal decrease in the number of photoreceptors outer segments; also a change in the morphology was noted. This included some degree of loss of vertical alignment and an increase in the interphotoreceptor space. There was a recovery in the morphology of the photoreceptors over time. CONCLUSIONS. Minimal changes in the photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium are observed when macular translocation is performed with recovery of these changes over time. Scleral imbrication is an effective technique to achieve translocation of the fovea.
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