A Surgical Technique for Optic Pit Maculopathy: Vitrectomy Combined with Reversed ILM flap

Abstract

This report is a description of a surgical technique for optic disc maculopathy (OPM). Pars plana vitrectomy combined with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, reverse ILM flap insertion into optic pit, and gas tamponade surgery was performed on 5 patients with OPM. Preliminary outcomes of the technique were promising.

Keywords

• internal limiting membrane
• optic pit
• vitrectomy.