Macular pigment and fixation after macular translocation surgery

After full macular translocation (MT) surgery with 360 degrees retinotomy, the fovea is rarely identifiable. Our aim was to verify the position of the fovea, to determine how patients fixate after MT and to examine distribution and optical density of macular pigment (MP).

Reinhard J, Kanis MJ, Berendschot TT, Schön C, Gelisken F, Trauzettel-Klosinski S, Bartz-Schmidt KU, Zrenner E

Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 Feb;94(2):190-6. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2009.158717. Epub 2009 Aug 26.