Vitreolenticular interface: a literature review

    Abstract

    Vitreolenticular interface: a literature review

    E.V. Egorova, A.K. Lazareva

    The S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, the Novosibirsk Branch, Novosibirsk

    Interest in the study of vitreolenticular interface (VLI) increases due to the expansion of indications for manipulations in this area of the eyeball. Active studies of the last decades dictate the need to modify and detail our concepts about the structure and functional significance of VLI as well as to introduce this knowledge into the surgical practice. The article presents a historical background on the study of VLI structures, as well as an analysis of research in this area conducted in recent decades. It highlights issues related to the support and barrier functions of the VLI, as well as participation in the processes of accommodation and hydrodynamics of the eye. Modern generalized data on anatomical-topographical and functional features of vitreolenticular interface give us an integrity understanding of the interaction of various eye structures and a possibility to optimize surgical approaches to minimize complications and to improve anatomical and functional results.

    Key words: vitreolenticular interface, Berger's space, ciliary zonular system, anterior hyaloid membrane.