Fig. 1

Successful displacement of a traumatic submacular hemorrhage in the left eye of a 13-year-old boy. Fundus examinations (a) before surgery, when the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was hand motions only, showing a subretinal hemorrhage extending from the posterior pole to the inferior midperiphery (arrow indicates the thick submacular hemorrhage and arrow-heads outline its area), (b) one month after vitrectomy, when the BCVA was 20/1000, showing the remaining thin submacular hemorrhage and juxtafoveal choroidal ruptures (arrow indicates the submacular hemorrhage and arrow-heads indicate juxtafoveal choroidal ruptures), and (c) two months after the second operation, when the BCVA of the left eye had improved to 20/40, showing the submacular hemorrhage had totally disappeared. Optical coherence tomography (d) before surgery (arrow indicates the thick submacular hemorrhage), (e) one month after vitrectomy showing the remaining thin submacular hemorrhage and juxtafoveal choroidal ruptures (arrow indicates the submacular hemorrhage and arrow-heads indicate juxtafoveal choroidal ruptures), and (f) two months after the second operation, showing the submacular hemorrhage had totally disappeared. Retinal sensitivity measured with a microperimeter (MAIA) (g) could not be detected before surgery, but (h) showed a marked improvement two months after the second operation. The numbers in H indicate retinal sensitivities (dB)