Ophthalmoskopische Untersuchungen über Veränderungen der Fundusperipherie in myopen und senilen Augen

Long-Term Results of Retinal Detachment Surgery

“…The chorioretinal atrophy with blackish pigment spots noted in the present study has not been described previously, but is abso lutely different from the similar degenera tion in the reattached retina of long-stand ing inferior retinal detachment with a de marcation line, found in young patients. The chorioretinal atrophy with a demarcation line in young patients, after spontaneous or postoperative reattachment has been de scribed by many investigators since 1891 |Leber, 1916; Knapp, 1944;Leffertstra, 1950;Rodriguez, 1972], The chorioretinal atrophy noted in the present study is also different from the retinal degeneration found in the patients with myopia [Rehsteiner, 1928], old age [Rehst ein er, 1928;Korn zweig et al, 1957;Schenk and Pfeifer, 1957;Okun, I960], viral infection [Maeder, 1949;Jäger, 1959] and medication [Verrey, 1956;Wagner, 1956], Cataract was frequently seen in patients who had had successful retinal detachment surgery; in 53 of 81 eyes (65.4%) cataract was found and 35 of 53 eyes with cataract (66.0%) showed decreased visual acuity. 11 patients had aphakia because of cataract op eration after successful retinal detachment surgery.…”