RESUMEN
The authors have examined the effect of crossing the superficial temporal artery on the retinal pigmented epithelium in patients with sclerotic macular dystrophy. Three groups of patients with different initial values of electrooculogram Arden's coefficient were examined. Circulation in the vascular membrane of the eye has improved in 76% of patients after surgery. This lead to the normalization of Arden's coefficient in cases with the initially abnormal parameters, which fact evidences the improvement of the retinal pigmented epithelium function after the operation.
Asunto(s)
Degeneración Macular/fisiopatología , Epitelio Pigmentado Ocular/fisiopatología , Arterias Temporales/cirugía , Anciano , Coroides/irrigación sanguínea , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Degeneración Macular/cirugía , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Esclerosis/fisiopatología , Esclerosis/cirugía , Factores de Tiempo , Agudeza VisualRESUMEN
Clinical and angiographic assessment of the status of 28 patients with sclerotic central chorioretinal dystrophy, carried out before and after surgery, has revealed a discrepancy between the improved hemodynamics in the orbital artery and vascular coating and the clinical results of the operation. Analysis of the fluorescent angiograms of the fundus oculi has helped detect the patients with the 'dry' and pseudotumorous forms of the disease, for whom crossing the superficial temporal artery is indicated.