Surgical Outcomes of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane: the Gülhane Experience

We aimed to report our experiences and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery in idiopathic epiretinal membrane. We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery for idiopathic epiretinal membrane between January 2012 and 2014. The patients' pre- and postoperative visual acui...

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Published inTurk oftalmoloji gazetesi Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 75 - 80
Main Authors Akıncıoğlu, Dorukcan, Özge, Gökhan, Küçükevcilioğlu, Murat, Erdurman, Fazıl Cüneyt, Durukan, Ali Hakan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Turkey Galenos Yayinevi Tic. Ltd 01.04.2018
Türk Oftalmoloji Derneği
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Summary:We aimed to report our experiences and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery in idiopathic epiretinal membrane. We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery for idiopathic epiretinal membrane between January 2012 and 2014. The patients' pre- and postoperative visual acuity, slit-lamp examination findings, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) images were evaluated. Forty-five eyes of 45 patients (36% male, 64% female) were included (mean age, 69±8.2 years). Mean postoperative follow-up time was 7±4 (1-12) months. The mean preoperative logMAR best corrected visual acuity was 0.58±0.32 and postoperatively 0.40±0.31, 0.33±0.33, 0.28±0.34 respectively at 3, 6, and 12 months. All OCT parameters showed statistically significant anatomical improvement at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Correlation analysis showed that central macular thickness (r=0.69, p<0.05) and central macular volume (r=0.69, p<0.05) were the only parameters that had strong positive correlations with visual improvement. Epiretinal membrane causes heterogeneous anatomical changes in the macula for every patient. Therefore, a correlation between visual gain and changes in central macular thickness could not yet be demonstrated. We believe that central macular volume may be a better parameter for following these patients.
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ISSN:2149-8695
1300-0659
2147-2661
2149-8709
DOI:10.4274/tjo.00334