ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia2021
The development of epiretinal membrane following rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair: incidence, risk factors, and outcomes.
Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Optical Coherence Tomography Biomarkers Differentiate Epiretinal Membranes Secondary to Retinal Detachment from Idiopathic Epiretinal Membranes.Journal of vitreoretinal diseases · 2026Article
- Complications of silicone oil in vitreoretinal surgery: a narrative review of clinical and experimental evidence.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2026Review
- Nomogram-based prediction of postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy following scleral buckling surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.International journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Scleral buckling as a standalone surgery in the era of pars plana vitrectomy: a 10-year retrospective cohort study.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2025Article
- Incidence of Epiretinal Membrane Formation After Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Giant Retinal Tear-Associated Retinal Detachment.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
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- Erratum issuedERRATUM.2022
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the incidence, risk factors, and visual outcomes of epiretinal membrane development following rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair.
methodsThis was a retrospective study of 309 eyes that underwent initial surgery for primary uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Examinations were conducted preoperatively and then postoperatively at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. The study patients were categorized into two groups depending on the presence or absence of the epiretinal membrane.
resultsThe incidence of postoperative epiretinal membrane was 28.5%; 42.7% of these patients had severe epiretinal membrane development and therefore underwent the epiretinal membrane removal. Logistic regression analyses revealed that giant retinal tears (OR: 2.66; 95% CI: 1.045-6.792, p=0.040) and horseshoe tears (OR: 0.534; 95% CI: 0.295-0.967, p=0.039) were the significant predictors of postoperative epiretinal membrane. Triamcinolone acetonide staining was significantly associated with the prevention of epiretinal membrane (p=0.022). A total of 34 patients showed a better or an equal final best-corrected visual acuity; of which 4 eyes were evaluated at the final follow-up visit and exhibited a reduced best-corrected visual acuity.
conclusionOur analysis demonstrated that horseshoe tears and giant retinal tears represent the risk factors for the postoperative epiretinal membrane. Triamcinolone acetonide staining had a significant preventive effect on the postoperative epiretinal membrane. Furthermore, a second round of pars plana vitrectomy, including membrane removal, led to a significant improvement in the final best-corrected visual acuity as per the last follow-up examination, albeit the recovery was limited.
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