Vitrectomy for Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome With Macular Detachment

Vitrectomy results in diabetic macular oedema without evident vitreomacular traction

“…Our patients, like those in the later studies from Japan [12,28], had no visible traction by a thickened posterior hyaloid membrane and no evidence of a vitreomacular traction syndrome [20]. In such eyes it was also hypothesised that macular oedema is caused by the same mechanism of tangential traction by an attached posterior hyaloid membrane, although this traction is not betrayed on clinical examination by retinal folds or other characteristic features [12,13,28].…”

“…Excluded were eyes with: (1) a preoperative complete vitreous detachment, as evidenced by a Weiss ring; (2) fibrovascular proliferation with tractional or rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and/or macular distortion; (3) vitreopapillary traction; (4) epiretinal membranes or premacular fibrosis; (5) evidence of a vitreomacular traction syndrome (incomplete posterior vitreous detachment with traction and detachment of the macula) [20]; (6) macular schisis; and (7) uveitis. Ultimately, 21 eyes of 19 patients were included in the study.…”

Secretion Profile of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium During Wound Healing

“…Results may be anatomically successful, but visual outcomes are often poor with high recurrence rates. [8][9][10] RPE derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS-RPE) displays the phenotype and functions of in vivo RPE and provides a physiologically relevant cell type with which to study wound healing. 11,12 iPS-RPE was used to conduct in vitro wound healing assays.…”

Retinal pigment epithelium detachment associated with vitreomacular traction syndrome—case report

“…Vitreomacular traction syndrome is a recognized clinical entity that develops secondary to atypical posterior vitreous separation with persistent macular attachment and may be complicated with cystoid macular edema, epiretinal membrane and macular hole formation, macular detachment or even tractional retinal detachment [5][6][7]. In patients with RPE detachment associated with choroidal neovascularization, a possible association with the formation of RPE tears has been reported [8].…”