Epiretinal Membrane Impairs the Inner Retinal Layer in a Traction Force-Dependent Manner.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the relationship between retinal traction force and impairment of the inner retinal layer in patients with epiretinal membrane (ERM).

Design

Nonrandomized, retrospective consecutive case series.

Participants

Two hundred nine eyes of 201 patients with idiopathic ERM who underwent vitrectomy for idiopathic ERM were enrolled.

Methods

Retinal folds caused by ERM were visualized using en face OCT, and the maximum depth of retinal folds within the parafovea (MDRF) was measured. Focal macular electroretinogram (ERG) was used to measure the amplitude and implicit time of each component for the ERM eyes and the normal fellow eyes. B-scan OCT images were used to measure the thicknesses of the inner nuclear layer (INL) and outer nuclear layer (ONL) 

SUBMITTER: Kanzaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10199250 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature