ArticleEye (London, England)2018
Clinical significance of ectopic inner foveal layers in patients with idiopathic epiretinal membranes.
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- Clinical evaluation of deep learning systems for assisting in the diagnosis of the epiretinal membrane grade in general ophthalmologists.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- Correlation between Severity of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane and Irvine-Gass Syndrome.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Multimodal Assessment of the Prognostic Role of Ectopic Inner Foveal Layers on Epiretinal Membrane Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Retinal Vascular Tortuosity Index Change after Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Surgery: Does Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling Affect Retinal Vascular Tortuosity?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Intraoperative slow-release dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex) in epiretinal membrane peeling surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Preoperative ocular coherence tomographic prognosticators of visual acuity after idiopathic epiretinal membrane surgery.International ophthalmology · 2022Review
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Abstract
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objectivesTo evaluate the relationship between the presence of ectopic inner foveal layers (EIFL), choroidal thickness, and visual acuity (VA) in patients with epiretinal membranes (ERM) staged by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). SUBJECTS/
methodsA total of 242 eyes of 121 patients with unilateral idiopathic ERM were prospectively evaluated. ERM stages were defined based on the SD-OCT staging system as stage 1: negligible morphological or anatomical disruption, retinal layers, and foveal pit are identified; stage 2: characteristic stretching of the outer nuclear layer, absence of foveal depression, retinal layers are identified; stage 3: continuous EIFL crossing the central foveal area, absence of foveal depression, retinal layers are identified; and stage 4: anatomical disruption of the fovea, continuous EIFL crossing the entire foveal area, retinal layers are distorted.
resultsOf 121 eyes with ERM, 23.1% had stage 1, 26.5% had stage 2, 39.7% had stage 3, and 10.7% had stage 4 disease. VA was better in eyes with stage 1 or 2 ERM than stage 3 or 4 ERM (p < 0.001). VA in logMAR was positively correlated with central foveal thickness (r = 0.557, p < 0.001) and EIFL thickness (r = 0.526, p < 0.001), but not with an outer nuclear layer thickness (r = 0.233, p = 0.123). In multivariate analysis, the presence of EIFL was an independent predictor of VA in eyes with ERM (p < 0.001). The presence and stage of ERM did not have a significant effect on choroidal thickness (p > 0.05).
conclusionsThe SD-OCT staging system according to the presence of EIFL is effective for grading retinal damage and visual loss in eyes with ERM.
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