[Surgical treatment of macular pucker--preliminary report].

: The authors presented preliminary results of pars plana vitrectomy applied in 8 eyes with macular pucker. The aim of the surgery was to remove epiretinal membranes and it was achieved in 7 eyes; in one some fragments of the membrane remained. Visual acuity before surgery ranged from 1/50 to 3/50, after the treatment it was improved in 7 cases, in one being the same as before.