Surgical removal of subretinal neovascular membranes.

Since 1991 we have been gaining experience in the surgical removal of sub-macular subretinal membranes in patients with presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS), idiopathic subretinal neovascularisation, myopia and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Seventeen patients were operated between 1991 and 1993. Significant improvement of vision was achieved in 4 out of 5 patients with POHS, 3 out of 5 with idiopathic neovascularisation, 2 out of 4 with myopia but none of 3 patients with AMD. The results suggest that subretinal neovascularisation can be succesfully removed in POHS and in some forms of idiopathic neovascularisation and myopia but probably not in AMD