Effect of idiopathic epiretinal membrane on macular ganglion cell complex measurement in eyes with glaucoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Co-existing idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) and glaucoma complicate the estimation of glaucoma severity via optical coherence tomography (OCT). We investigated the effect of ERM and a new associated parameter, SUKIMA (space between the ERM and retinal surface), on ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness in eyes with glaucoma, based on a matched comparison of visual field defects.

Subjects/methods

We retrospectively recruited 41 eyes from 34 glaucoma patients with idiopathic ERM and 41 eyes from 41 glaucoma patients without ERM as controls (matched by age, axial length, and mean visual field deviation). The thicknesses of GCC layers [retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell layer + inner plexiform layer (GCIPL), and GCC (RNFL + GCIPL)] were mea

SUBMITTER: Nakakura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644160 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature