What are the pros and cons of epiretinal membrane surgery?

Epiretinal membrane is a disease of retinal proliferation in the eye, which is a relatively common disease in real life. Suffering from epiretinal membrane can easily affect vision and cause some eye complications. Surgical treatment of epiretinal membrane is a relatively common treatment method. Epiretinal membrane surgery has certain benefits and some side effects. Epiretinal membrane surgery can reduce the harm of the disease and treat epiretinal membrane, etc. However, surgery can also cause certain damage to the eyes and reduce vision.

What are the pros and cons of epiretinal membrane surgery?

1. Surgery is possible :

Indications and timing of surgery: There is no uniform standard for surgical treatment of epiretinal membrane. Whether surgery is necessary depends on the patient's symptoms, degree of vision loss, vision requirements, whether there are other eye diseases, age, and the condition of the fellow eye.

Surgery may be considered in the following situations :

1. Visual acuity is 0.1 or below, without permanent macular damage.

2. Visual acuity is above 0.4, but there are severe symptoms such as diplopia and visual distortion (patients who require better visual effects can try surgery by skilled operators).

3. The vision is good, but fluorescein angiography shows fluorescein leakage or macular edema.

4. After retinal detachment surgery, the epiretinal membrane should be stabilized and have no active contraction before surgery can be performed.

Epiretinal membrane refers to the vascular fibroproliferative membrane on the inner surface of the retina. If it occurs in the macula, it can cause changes such as retinal deformation, edema, small hemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, and localized serous retinal detachment. Surgical treatment needs to be considered. The surgery itself may also cause bleeding and infection that affect vision, which has certain risks.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment :

Traditional Chinese medicine's "clear vision therapy" is effective in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients with epiretinal membrane. Because it incorporates the essence of thousands of years of Chinese medicine, starting from the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease, it regulates the internal organs, dredges the meridians, replenishes qi and blood, and performs dialectical treatment, so that patients can achieve the effect of "curing existing diseases" and achieve the goal of "preventing diseases before they occur". According to the physical characteristics and symptom differences of each patient, different acupoints and prescriptions are selected according to the individual and the syndrome, and different treatment plans are formulated.

It mainly includes the following three processes :

The first stage, the repair stage (preliminary control of the epiretinal membrane of the eye, so that the patient's epiretinal membrane symptoms are basically effectively controlled and gradually improved);

The second stage, the recovery stage (early recovery stage: eye function is enhanced and clinical symptoms disappear. Mid-recovery stage: osmotic activation repair, production of key substances to repair damaged cells. Late recovery stage: slowly revitalize the damaged area and gradually restore health);

The third stage is the consolidation stage (through further consolidation treatment, the patient's clinical symptoms of epiretinal membrane disappear and the eye function returns to normal).