OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY STUDYING VISUAL RECOVERY AFTER TREATMENT OF MACULA-OFF RETINAL DETACHMENT

Abstract

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is a serious cause of visual impairment. Despite the marked surgical and technical evolution in the last decade in the reattachment surgeries, the post-operative visual outcome leaves a lot to be desired. Some interesting findings were found using OCT to study the relation between clinical reattachment and visual outcome. The most well-known are the recognition of clinically missed sub-foveal fluid and distortion of the outer retinal layers post-operatively. The recovery process has also been also studied and correlated with visual acuity However, there was a gap of information regarding the role of the retinal vasculature in the reattachment recovery process.