ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Early retinal flow changes after vitreoretinal surgery in idiopathic epiretinal membrane using swept source optical coherence tomography angiography.
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- Ellipsoid zone reflectivity changes after idiopathic epiretinal membrane peeling: a pilot study.International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Comparison of Functional, Structural, and Microvascular Features in Different Stages of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Microvascular Changes after Epiretinal Membrane Vitrectomy with Intraoperative Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant: An OCT Angiography Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Degenerative and Tractional Lamellar Macular Hole.Journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Associations between macular retinal vasculature and severity of idiopathic epiretinal membrane.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
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- Epiretinal membrane related vascular changes in diabetic eyes evaluated with optical coherence tomography angiography.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Application of ImageJ in Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A): A Literature Review.Journal of ophthalmology · 2023Review
- Early Vascular and Functional Changes after Vitreoretinal Surgery: A Comparison between the Macular Hole and Epiretinal Membrane.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Evaluation of retinal vascular structure after epiretinal membrane surgery by optical coherence tomography angiography.International ophthalmology · 2021Article
- The Role of OCT Angiography in the Assessment of Epiretinal Macular Membrane.Journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Epiretinal Membrane Surgery: Structural Retinal Changes Correlate with the Improvement of Visual Function.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Association of retinal vessel density with retinal sensitivity in surgery for idiopathic epiretinal membrane.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2020Observational
- Optical coherence tomography angiographic findings of lamellar macular hole: comparisons between tractional and degenerative subtypes.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Ocular Blood Flow Changes Impact Visual Acuity Gain after Surgical Treatment for Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: The aim of this observational cross-sectional work was to investigate early retinal vascular changes in patients undergoing idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM) surgery using swept source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA); (2) Methods: 24 eyes of 24 patients who underwent vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling were evaluated pre- and postoperatively using SS-OCTA system (PLEX Elite 9000, Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc., Dublin, CA, USA). For each eye, five 6x6-mm OCTA volume scans were acquired by two observers independently. The en face images of superficial capillary plexus (SCP) were then exported to imageJ and a semi-automated algorithm was used for subsequent quantitative analysis. Perfusion density (PD), vessel length density (VLD), vessel diameter index (VDI) and vessel tortuosity (VT) of SCP were evaluated in both the parafoveal (2.5 mm diameter) and perifoveal areas (5.5 mm diameter); (3) Results: At OCTA analysis statistically significant differences were found between controls and diseased eyes for all parameters in parafoveal and perifoveal regions (p<0.001; p<0.05) except for perifoveal VLD. During 6-month follow up, both anatomical/perfusion and functional parameters showed a statistically significant improvement if compared to preoperative values. In detail, at one month post vitrectomy, VLD and VT significantly changed in parafoveal region (p=0.043; p=0.045), while PD and VDI showed a trend of increase in both parafoveal and perifoveal region. At 6 months after surgery, PD, VLD and VT of parafoveal region significantly improved (p=0.021, p=0.018, p=0.047 respectively). (4) Conclusions: SS-OCTA provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the superficial capillary plexus allowing for early vascular changes assessment after vitrectomy with iERM and ILM peeling.
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