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Advances in Retina From Around the World, Presented at AAO 2020 Virtual
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he development of new imaging devices, innovative surgical techniques and novel drugs has fueled an explosion of discovery and innovation in the diagnosis, treatment and management of vitreoretinal diseases. Renowned experts from around the world and various different time zones came together in this exciting symposium at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO 2020 Virtual) on Saturday (November 14) to share their pearls and highlight state of the art diagnoses, treatment and management of selected vitreoretinal diseases, such as lamellar macular holes, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, large chronic macular holes, myopic traction maculopathy, macular telangiectasia type 2 and treatment-naïve nonexudative macular neovascularization in AMD (age related macular degeneration).
“ART” in macular holes The relatively new procedure of autologous retinal transplant (ART) in macular holes is achieving hole closure in most cases of large macular holes, as well as better visual acuity (VA), said Tamer H. Mahmoud MD, PhD, ophthalmology professor at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, and Associated Retinal Consultants in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. A total of 130 ART surgeries were performed by 33 vitreoretinal surgeons in a multicenter retrospective case series to treat primary (27%) and refractory (58%) macular holes. All patients underwent
pars plana vitrectomy and ART during the study between January 2017 and December 2019. An 89% rate of macular hole closure was achieved. A total of 43% gained at least 3 lines in VA, and 29% gained at least 5 lines. There were 5 cases of ART graft dislocation, or 3.9%. Fifteen cases, or 12% of patients, had a final VA of 20/50 or better. Postoperative complications saw 5 cases of retinal detachment (3.9%), 5 cases of ART graft dislocation (3.9%), and 2 cases of subretinal perfluoro-N-octane (1.8%). There was one suspected case of endophthalmitis. “Learning from that, we can achieve much better outcomes and 100% closure of the Cont. on Page 3 >>
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