Evaluation of microvascular changes in the macular area of eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment without macular involvement using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate microvascular changes in the macular area of eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) without macular involvement (macula-on RRD) using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA).

Patients and methods

Five patients with macula-on RRD were eligible for analysis. All patients underwent SS-OCTA examination (Triton) for the macular area. The healthy fellow eyes were included as controls. The vessel density (VD) was calculated using binarization, and the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) was measured. The VD and FAZ area were compared between the eyes with RRD and the fellow eyes using the Wilcoxon signed rank test.

Results

The patients' clinical characteristics were as follows: age, 49.0 years (21.0, 54.0) (median [25, 75th perc

SUBMITTER: Yoshikawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6197233 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature