Correlation between foveal cone outer segment tips line and visual recovery after epiretinal membrane surgery

• Published in: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Vol. 54; no. 12; pp. 7302 - 7308
• Main Authors: Itoh, Yuji, Inoue, Makoto, Rii, Tosho, Hirota, Kazunari, Hirakata, Akito
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 05.11.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Epiretinal Membrane - physiopathology; Epiretinal Membrane - surgery; Female; Fovea Centralis - pathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Recovery of Function - physiology; Regression Analysis; Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Inner Segment - pathology; Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment - pathology; Retrospective Studies; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Visual Acuity - physiology; Vitrectomy; pars plana vitrectomy; spectral-domain optical coherence tomography; idiopathic epiretinal membrane; cone outer segment tips; inner segment/outer segment junction

To determine whether there is a significant correlation between the integrity of the foveal microstructures and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after pars plana vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane (ERM) removal. This was a retrospective, interventional case series. Forty-six eyes of 45 patien...