INCREASED RISK OF CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA AFTER CATARACT SURGERY IN EYES PREVIOUSLY VITRECTOMIZED FOR IDIOPATHIC EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the rate and risk factors of cystoid macular edema (CME) both after isolated vitrectomy and after subsequent phacoemulsification in eyes with primary noncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) or idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM).

Methods

Retrospective observation of institutional patients undergoing vitrectomy for RRD or vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling for ERM from 2016 to 2021, further analyzing those who later underwent phacoemulsification. The CME rate was assessed within the first 6 months after both vitrectomy and cataract surgery.

Results

The authors included 187 phakic eyes with ERM and 311 with RRD undergoing isolated vitrectomy. Postvitrectomy CME occurred in 12.8% of ERM cases compared with 1% in RRD cases

SUBMITTER: Iuliano L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753465 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature