The effect of autoimmune retinopathy on retinal vessel oxygen saturation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To study the retinal vessel oxygen saturation alterations in patients with autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) and patients with autoimmune retinopathy associated with retinitis pigmentosa (AIR-RP) in comparison with healthy controls and patients with isolated retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

Design

Prospective, cross-sectional, and non-interventional study.

Subjects

Retinal vessel oximetry (RO) was performed on a total of 139 eyes: six eyes suffering from AIR and four eyes with AIR-RP were compared to 59 healthy control eyes and to 70 eyes with RP.

Methods

A computer-based program of the retinal vessel analyser unit (IMEDOS Systems UG, Jena, Germany) was used to evaluate retinal vessel oxygen saturation. The mean oxygen saturation in the first and second branch ret

SUBMITTER: Waizel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137127 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature