Long term visual results of vitrectomy for Eales disease complications

Background and objectives: Complications of Bales disease can cause visual loss. Long term visual prognosis following vitrectomy for Bales disease com plications has been studied. Patients and methods: Retrospective analysis o f 64 eyes of 57 patients who underwent vitrectomy for Bales disease complic ations with a minimum follow-up of 60 months. Results: 62.4% eyes at 2 mont hs and 71.8% at 60 months had 6/60 or better visual acuity. Visual acuities for individual cases were quite stable at the 60 month follow up with 50 e yes (78.5%) either maintaining or improving upon their 2 month post operati ve visual acuity. Conclusion: Visual acuity improves after vitrectomy in ma jority of patients with Bales disease complications and remains stable on l ong term follow-up.