Effect of axial length and age on the visual outcome of patients with idiopathic epiretinal membrane after pars plana vitrectomy.

ABSTRACT: We evaluated predictive factors for visual outcomes in patients with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM) after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). Clinical records for 114 eyes (114 patients, mean age: 70.6 years) with iERM treated by PPV between March 2012 and March 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Overall, the mean postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness measured by optical coherence tomography improved as early as 1 month after surgery, and further improved until 3 months (P < 0.01). Multiple linear regression analyses adjusted for the preoperative BCVA showed that older age (B, 0.010; 95% confidence interval, 0.003 to 0.016; P = 0.003) and a shorter axial length (AL; B, -0.059; 95% confidence interval, -0.099 to -0.019; P = 0.005) predicted worse p

SUBMITTER: Minami S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6911110 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature