Visual outcomes and incidence of pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema in eyes with cataract and idiopathic epiretinal membrane after two-step sequential surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) or cataract surgery should be performed first in concurrent epiretinal membrane (ERM) and cataract treatment with respect to visual outcome and pseudophakic cystoid macular oedema (PCMO) incidence.

Methods

Patients who underwent PPV and cataract surgery sequentially at a tertiary medical centre were retrospectively recruited. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central macular thickness (CMT) measured from optical coherence tomography (OCT) images collected before and after each surgery were documented. OCT-defined PCMO incidence and its influence on visual outcomes were analysed.

Results

In total, 259 and 159 eyes received PPV (ERM-CATA) before and after cataract surgery (CATA-ERM), respectively. The ERM

SUBMITTER: Chen YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9307847 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature