FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Pars plana vitrectomy can be useful for controlling uveitis, according to a speaker here.
“Based on what we have in the literature, pars plana vitrectomy appears to be safe and helpful in controlling inflammation, controlling and reducing [cystoid macular edema], improving visual acuity and reducing the number of medications locally and systemically in order to have good control over uveitis,” Virgilio Morales-Canton, MD, said at the Retina World Congress. “What we have to remember is that it is not necessary to perform vitrectomy in all cases.”