Macular puckers after retinal detachment surgery.

Abstract

The term "macular pucker" describes the star-shaped folds and wrinkles which sometimes appear on or near the macula after surgery for retinal detachment, because of a localized area of preretinal membrane formation which contracts and causes wrinkling (Fig. The density of this membrane may vary, the least dense being that seen in the condition called "cellophane maculopathy" (Maumenee, I967) (Fig. These puckers, which FIG.