Vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous or tractional retinal detachment with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy

Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Management of Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy–associated Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

“…As compared to the surgical results in the report of Ikeda et al, 12 although vitrectomy combined with buckle instead of buckle alone was used in the series of Tsunehiko I et al because of the case selections (only cases with vitreous opacity, posterior breaks, giant retinal tear, and PVR were included in their series), the final surgical success rate (100%) in their Type I subgroup (without a dragged retina) enjoyed similar final successful rate as the subgroups of no and moderate foveal dragging in our series (100%). Only the average number of operations is a little higher (1.33), which is probably because of the inherent disease severity.…”

“…[7][8][9] The surgical management of FEVR-associated tractional or exudative retinal detachment is more often discussed in the previous literatures from western countries. 6,10,11 However, in the report from Japan by Ikeda et al, 12 FEVRassociated RRD comprised most of the cases in their series. In the present study, we collected only cases with FEVR-associated RRD to investigate its clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes.…”

“…[7][8][9] Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy-associated retinal detachment includes rhegmatogenous, tractional, and exudative retinal detachment and was used to be thought of as an uncommon mainly tractional origin disorder with a limited surgical successful rate and guarded visual outcome. 5,6,10,11 However, Ikeda et al 12 reported a series of FEVR-associated retinal detachments, which was largely composed of cases of rhegmatogenous origin with vitreous opacity, posterior breaks, giant tear, or proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). Vitrectomy and scleral buckling procedures successfully repaired the retinal detachments in more than 80% of the eyes operated on.…”

Anatomical and functional outcomes following vitrectomy for advanced familial exudative vitreoretinopathy: a single surgeon's experience

“…The surgical management of TRD9 11 12 15 and RRD12–14 have been discussed in previous reports. Retinal reattachment is difficult to achieve in advanced stages of FEVR, especially with severe complications, unlike in FEVR with mild and moderate retinal folds and posterior fibrovascular proliferation.…”

The Vitreous, the Retinal Interface in Ocular Health and Disease

“…Six studies were identified which looked at the prevalence of PVD in patients with macular edema caused by diabetic retinopathy or retinal vein occlusion [63,135,136,137,138,139]. In total 615 eyes were identified.…”