Abstract
Purpose:
Lasers can be sight damaging, because they can produce severe and permanent retinal damage.
Methods:
This paper reports two cases of subinternal limiting membrane (sub-ILM) hemorrhage related to laser exposure.
Results:
The first patient was only observed for the reason that the retinal localization was extramacular; for the second patient, we decided to perform ultraspeed (7500 cuts per minute) 27-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) because of the foveal position of the hemorrhage and because of the nonimprovement of his clinical condition. The first patient recovered 20/20 Snellen after 10 days without intervention, whereas the second patient recovered 15/20 Snellen the day after surgery; 15 days later, his visual acuity was 20/20 Snellen.
Conclusions:
Sub-ILM hemorrhage after exposure to lasers can be treated using an ultraspeed 27-gauge PPV. This tool can be considered safe and effective on non–self-resolving sub-ILM hemorrhage.
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