Decreased retinal sensitivity after internal limiting membrane peeling for macular hole surgery

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Abstract

Aims

To compare the retinal sensitivity and frequency of microscotomas found by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) combined with scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) microperimetry after idiopathic macular hole closure, in eyes that underwent internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and eyes that did not.

Methods

This was a retrospective, non-randomised, comparative study. Combined SD-OCT and SLO microperimetry was performed in 16 consecutive eyes after closure of an idiopathic macular hole. A customised microperimetry pattern with 29 measurement points was used. The ILM was peeled in 8/16 eyes. The main outcome measure was mean retinal sensitivity.

Results

Mean retinal sensitivity (in dB) was lower after peeling: 9.80±2.35 dB with peeling versus 13.19±2.92 without (p=0.0209). Postoperative microscotomas were significantly more frequent after ILM peeling: 11.3±6.6 points with retinal sensitivity below 10 dB in eyes that underwent peeling versus 2.9±4.6 in those that did not (p=0.0093).

Conclusions

These results suggest that ILM peeling may reduce retinal sensitivity, and significantly increase the incidence of microscotomas. Until a prospective trial confirming or not these results, it seems justified to avoid peeling the ILM when its potential benefit seems minor or unproved, and when peeling is carried out, to limit the surface peeled to the bare minimum.

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Macular hole size as a prognostic factor in macular hole surgery.

M Schaumberger, Christos Haritoglou, A Gass … (2002)

In 1991 there was a series of successful closures of a macular hole after vitrectomy and membrane peeling. Today this technique has become a standard procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of optical coherence tomography in diagnosing and staging, as well as in predicting, the functional and anatomical outcome after macular hole surgery. In a prospective study 94 consecutive patients (20 male, 74 female) with a mean age of 67.6 (SD 6.0) years and a macular hole stage II (n = 8), III (n = 72), and IV (n = 14) according to the classification by Gass were examined with optical coherence tomography (OCT) before pars plana vitrectomy. Macular hole diameters were determined at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium (base diameter) and at the minimal extent of the hole (minimum diameter). Calculated hole form factor (HFF) was correlated with the postoperative anatomical success rate and best corrected visual acuity. The duration of symptoms was correlated with base and minimum diameter of the macular hole. In eyes without anatomical closure of the macular hole after one surgical approach (13/94) the base diameter (p1) and the minimum diameter (p2) were significantly larger than in cases with immediate postsurgical closure (p1 = 0.003; p2 = 0.028). There was a significant negative correlation between both the base and the minimum diameter of the hole and the postoperative visual function (p1 = 0.016; p2 = 0.002). In all patients with HFF >0.9 the macular hole was closed following one surgical procedure, whereas in eyes with HFF <0.5 anatomical success rate was 67%. Better postoperative visual outcome correlated with higher HFF (p = 0.050). There was no significant correlation between the duration of symptoms and base or minimum diameters (p1 = 0.053; p2 = 0.164), respectively. Preoperative measurement of macular hole size with OCT can provide a prognostic factor for postoperative visual outcome and anatomical success rate of macular hole surgery. The duration of symptoms did not correlate with the diameters measured. Base and minimum diameters especially seem to be of predictive value in macular hole surgery.

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Internal limiting membrane peeling versus no peeling for idiopathic full-thickness macular hole: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Luke Vale, Charles Boachie, Laura Ternent … (2011)

To determine whether internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling is effective and cost effective compared with no peeling in patients with idiopathic stage 2 or 3 full-thickness maculay hole (FTMH). This was a pragmatic multicenter randomized controlled trial. Eligible participants from nine centers were randomized to ILM peeling or no peeling (1:1 ratio) in addition to phacovitrectomy, including detachment and removal of the posterior hyaloid and gas tamponade. The primary outcome was distance visual acuity (VA) at 6 months after surgery. Secondary outcomes included hole closure, distance VA at other time points, near VA, contrast sensitivity, reading speed, reoperations, complications, resource use, and participant-reported health status, visual function, and costs. Of 141 participants randomized in nine centers, 127 (90%) completed the 6-month follow-up. Nonstatistically significant differences in distance visual acuity at 6 months were found between groups (mean difference, 4.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.3 to 9.8; P = 0.063). There was a significantly higher rate of hole closure in the ILM-peel group (56 [84%] vs. 31 [48%]) at 1 month (odds ratio [OR], 6.23; 95% CI, 2.64-14.73; P < 0.001) with fewer reoperations (8 [12%] vs. 31 [48%]) performed by 6 months (OR, 0.14; 95% CI, 0.05-0.34; P < 0.001). Peeling the ILM is likely to be cost effective. There was no evidence of a difference in distance VA after the ILM peeling and no-ILM peeling techniques. An important benefit in favor of no ILM peeling was ruled out. Given the higher anatomic closure and lower reoperation rates in the ILM-peel group, ILM peeling seems to be the treatment of choice for idiopathic stage 2 to 3 FTMH. (Clinical Trials.gov number, NCT00286507.).

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Dissociated optic nerve fiber layer appearance of the fundus after idiopathic epiretinal membrane removal.

R Tadayoni, P Massin, A Gaudric … (2001)

To report the appearance of the fundus, that is seen frequently after removal of an idiopathic epiretinal membrane and which we refer to as the dissociated optic nerve fiber layer appearance. Interventional, noncomparative retrospective case series. One hundred consecutive patients with an epiretinal membrane who underwent pars plana vitrectomy and epiretinal membrane peeling in one eye. Only patients with an idiopathic epiretinal membrane or a membrane associated with a peripheral retinal tear, but without retinal detachment, were considered for this study. Sixty-one patients met these criteria for one eye. Preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity and preoperative and postoperative blue filter fundus photographs were reviewed. Histopathologic specimens of epiretinal membranes were available for 14 eyes. The postoperative incidence of the dissociated optic nerve fiber layer appearance on blue filter photographs, visual acuity changes, and the presence of internal limiting membrane in epiretinal membrane specimens. The postoperative incidence of this feature on blue filter fundus photographs was 43%. No difference was found between eyes with or without this feature concerning the average preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity or the average change in visual acuity. Internal limiting membrane was present in all 14 epiretinal membrane specimens available. Five of these 14 patients concerned exhibited a dissociated optic nerve fiber layer appearance and 9 did not. The dissociated optic nerve fiber layer appearance occurred frequently after removal of an epiretinal membrane. As far as we know, this feature has not been previously reported. It consisted of numerous arcuate striae within the posterior pole in the direction of the optic nerve fibers and slightly darker than the surrounding retina. This feature had no functional effect noticeable by the patient and did not preclude good visual recovery. The small number of histologic samples and the impossibility of quantifying the area of internal limiting membrane peeled off did not allow us to supply proof that this feature is due to the extensive peeling of the internal limiting membrane, although this is the most likely hypothesis.

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Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Br J Ophthalmol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Br J Ophthalmol

Journal ID (hwp): bjophthalmol

Journal ID (publisher-id): bjo

Title: The British Journal of Ophthalmology

Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group (BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR )

ISSN (Print): 0007-1161

ISSN (Electronic): 1468-2079

Publication date (Print): December 2012

Publication date (Electronic): 17 October 2012

Volume: 96

Issue: 12

Pages: 1513-1516

Affiliations

Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Université Paris Diderot - Sorbonne Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France

Author notes

[Correspondence to ] Professor Ramin Tadayoni, Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2, Rue Ambroise Paré, Paris 75010, France; ramin.tadayoni@ 123456lrb.aphp.fr

RT and IS contributed equally.

This paper was presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in May, 2011.

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Publisher ID: bjophthalmol-2012-302035

DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302035

PMC ID: 3512349

PubMed ID: 23077227

SO-VID: 73b45ecc-6bc9-42cf-af5e-d2d8f0705da6

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