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A member asked:
Can you tell me about epiretinal membrane peel and vitrectomy plus a new lense?
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Major surgery: You apparently have a cataract and an epiretinal membrane (erm). The erm causes wrinkling of the macular area with visual distortion. The cataract obstructs the view. Removal of the cataract and then doing a vitrectomy (removal of the gel in the back of the eye) allows removal by peeling off the erm. The removed cataract is replaced with a new lense. Retinal surgeons do this often.
Answered 11/12/2018
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