OCT proves that vitreomacular adhesion is significantly more likely to develop vision-threatening retinal complications than vitreomacular separation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SD-OCT is becoming commonplace in everyday practice. Vitreomacular adhesions (VMAs) are being more routinely diagnosed. Predictive studies to the natural course of VMA are thus clinically significant. Spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) was presently utilized to analyze the incidence of floaters, the complete vitreomacular separation or VMA, the VMA complication, the vitreomacular angle (VMAng), and the complication mechanism.

Methods

Monthly SD-OCT was performed on patients with/without symptomatic floaters. OCT allowed VMA and vitreomacular separation to be compared. The incidence was assessed applying one-tailed Fisher's exact tests. The VMAngs between the inner retina and posterior hyaloid were measured, and the complication mechanism was stu

SUBMITTER: Liao DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7178608 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature