Observational studyGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2021
Comparisons of surgical outcomes after epiretinal membrane peeling in the myopic eyes with long to that with normal axial length.
Observational study in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Impact of Axial Length on Visual Outcomes and OCT Findings in Epiretinal Membrane: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Visual and anatomic outcomes of epiretinal membrane surgery in highly myopic eyes with varying axial lengths.International journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Axial length-based comparison of clinical characteristics and visual outcomes in macular pseudohole, epiretinal membrane foveoschisis, and lamellar macular hole.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Postoperative Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of High Myopia-Epiretinal Membrane Associated with Retinoschisis after Vitrectomy.Ophthalmic research · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the outcomes of vitrectomy with removal of an idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) in the myopic eyes with long axial length (AL) to that in the eyes with normal AL.
methodsThis was a retrospective, observational, case-control study. Fifty-six eyes of 56 patients with an idiopathic ERM were studied. Twenty-eight of these eyes had an axial length longer than 26.0 mm (Group A), and the other 28 eyes had axial lengths < 26.0 mm (Group B). The age and visual acuity of the two groups were not significantly different. All subjects were treated by vitrectomy and peeling of the ERM with a 25- or 27-gauge system. The postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and optical coherence tomographic findings were determined at 3 and 6 months postoperatively.
resultsThe mean BCVA improved from 0.35 ± 0.25 to 0.15 ± 0.25 logMAR units in the eyes with the long AL and from 0.35 ± 0.25 to 0.10 ± 0.21 logMAR units in the eyes with normal AL at 6 months postoperatively (both P < 0.001). The postoperative BCVA was not significantly different between the two groups at 6 months (P = 0.221). The central macula was thinner in the eyes of Group A than Group B (P < 0.001). The restorations of the ellipsoid zone and the external limiting membrane were observed in both groups, but the interdigitation zone was less frequently restored in Group A (P < 0.001).
conclusionsVitrectomy with the removal of the epiretinal membrane is effective in attaining a good BCVA even in the myopic eyes with long AL.
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