This advanced microsurgical technique allow us to restore vision by peeling and removing the pucker from the macular surface, allowing the underlying macula to smooth out and function normally. Patients go home immediately following surgery. There is usually minimal to no pain, except for minor irritation from sutures which absorb within a week of surgery. Preoperative macular pucker. Normal macular appearance 6 weeks after surgery.
Patients usually notice decreased distortion within several weeks to months following vitrectomy.
The major side-effect is a cataract , with many patients requiring cataract surgery within a year or two of vitrectomy. There is about a 1 in 20 chance of recurrent macular pucker, along with a very small chance of secondary retinal detachment or infection.