Relationship Between Optical Coherence Tomography Parameter and Visual Function in Eyes With Epiretinal Membrane

Overview

Journal Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2021 May 4

PMID 33944891

Citations 5

Authors

Ayaka Murase

Ryo Asaoka

Tatsuya Inoue

Koichi Nagura

Rei Arasaki

Kentaro Nakamura

Kazuyoshi Okawa

Shin Tanaka

Yasuo Yanagi

Maiko Maruyama-Inoue

Kazuaki Kadonosono

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Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the associations between visual function and the optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters in eyes with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM).

Methods: Thirty-nine consecutive eyes with ERM were enrolled. In addition to OCT parameters, such as central retinal thickness (CRT), the area of gap between the ERM and the retinal surface (SUKIMA) was newly defined and calculated from the vertical and horizontal OCT images (SUKIMAv and SUKIMAh). The average of SUKIMAv and SUKIMAh (SUKIMAave) was used for the statistical analysis. The vertical and horizontal metamorphopsia scores (MV, MH) and the average of MV and MH (Mave) were also used for the analysis.

Results: The Mave was not significantly associated with logMAR visual acuity (VA) (P = 0.57, linear regression analysis). Analysis using second-order bias-corrected Akaike information criterion model selection identified the age, CRT, and SUKIMAave as being associated with logMAR VA. On the other hand, among the OCT parameters, SUKIMAave and CRT were associated with the Mave. In addition, there was a significant relationship between SUKIMAh and MV (P = 0.011) and between SUKIMAv and MH (P = 0.0014).

Conclusions: We identified SUKIMA as a novel OCT parameter that is useful to predict both VA and metamorphopsia in patients with ERM.

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