RETINAL SURFACE WRINKLING AS AN INDICATOR FOR INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING DURING VITRECTOMY FOR RETINAL DETACHMENT.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the validity of retinal surface wrinkling (RSW) as an indicator to select patients relevant for internal limiting membrane peeling during vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, to prevent postoperative visual decline due to epiretinal membrane growth.

Methods

This was a prospective, interventional case series of 78 consecutive eyes that underwent initial vitrectomy to repair rhegmatogenous retinal detachments and were followed for 6 months. The presence/absence of RSW was evaluated presurgically on en face optical coherence tomographic images. The internal limiting membrane was peeled if RSW was identified. The main outcome measure was the prevalence of postsurgical epiretinal membrane growth that caused a visual decline of 0.2 or more in logarit

SUBMITTER: Akiyama K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature