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How can you treat the wrinkling of the retina?
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Leave alone: Or undergo a surgical peel.
Answered 9/2/2012
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Vitrectomy: An epiretinal membrane that grows over the surface of the macula and distorts one's central vision can be surgically peeled away during a vitrectomy surgery.
Answered 10/22/2012
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Surgery: Usually vitrectomy surgery if wrinkle is visually significant
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