ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2021
Prognostic factors of idiopathic epiretinal membrane surgery and evolution of alterations of the central cone bouquet.
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- Epiretinal membrane peeling in eyes with pseudophakia: prognostic and morphological factors of visual outcomes.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Diameter of cystoid spaces and choroidal hypertransmission as novel prognostic biomarkers in myopic foveoschisis.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- Short-term-outcomes of idiopathic epiretinal membranes treated with pars-plana-vitrectomy - examination of visual function and OCT-morphology.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2023Article
- Associations between macular retinal vasculature and severity of idiopathic epiretinal membrane.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- A useful technique of starting internal limiting membrane peeling from the edge of the internal limiting membrane defect in epiretinal membrane surgery.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- Choroidal morphologic and vascular features in patients with unilateral idiopathic epiretinal membranes: An optical coherence tomography analysis integrated with assessment of retinal layers.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Influence of Preoperative Foveal Layers' Thickness on Visual Function and Macular Morphology by Phacovitrectomy for Epiretinal Membrane.Journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Long-term Follow-up Results of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Removal in the Eyes with Ectopic Inner Foveal Retinal Layers.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo describe the structural changes observed postoperatively in epiretinal membranes (ERM), in particular the alterations in the central cone bouquet (CB), and to identify prognostic factors that might predict postoperative outcome.
methodsWe included 125 eyes of 117 patients who underwent idiopathic ERM removal with at least a 6-month follow-up. For each patient, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) was performed and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was measured, before and after surgery.
resultsBefore surgery, 44 eyes (35.2%) presented CB alterations: 65.9% a cotton ball sign, 15.9% a foveolar detachment and 18.2% a pseudovitelliform lesion. Median BCVA increased from 20/63 to 20/32 post-operatively (p = .001) with a mean follow-up of 17 months. The disappearance of CB alterations after surgery was observed in 97.7% of eyes. In stage 3 and 4 ERM, ectopic inner foveal layers persisted in 76.7% of eyes after surgery. Postoperative BCVA was correlated with change in central macular thickness and initial BCVA and was not correlated with the presence of preoperative CB alteration, the initial stage of ERM, the presence of postoperative dissociated optical nerve fiber layer, and the disappearance of ectopic inner fiber layers. The combination of cataract surgery and capsulotomy did not seem to change visual outcome and seemed to accelerate visual recovery. Incidentally, general anesthesia was correlated with final BCVA.
conclusionERM surgery allowed a significant gain in BCVA and the disappearance of CB alterations in the great majority of cases. CB alteration did not show to be associated with poor visual prognosis.
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