ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical outcomes of idiopathic macular epiretinal membrane (IMEM) by 23G vitrectomy with or without internal limiting membrane peeling. MethodsA total of 40 eyes in 40 patients diagnosed as IMEM underwent 23G pars plana three-port vitrectomy (23G PPV). The macular ERM alone was removed in 20 eyes (non-ILM peeling group). Both ERM and ILM peeling were performed in another 20 eyes (ILM peeling group). All patients underwent removal of ERM with assistance of triamcinolone acetonide. For patients who underwent ILM peeling, indocyanine green dye was used to stain the ILM. ILM was peeled off up to the marginal of macular vessels arch. The patients in ILM peeling group and non-ILM peeling group had postsurgical follow-up for (15.85±3.79) months and (16.45±3.72) months respectively. There were no significant differences in gender, age, OD/OS, preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), preoperative central macular thickness (CMT), preoperative total macular volume (TMV) and follow-up time between the two groups (P > 0.05). Intraoperative or postoperative complication was recorded during the follow-up period. At the final visit, the differences in BCVA, CMT and TMV between the two groups were analyzed, so did the correlations between BCVA and CMT or TMV in each group at the same time. ResultsThere was no recurrence of an ERM or severe complications, such as retinal detachment and endophthalmitis in either group. The mean BCVA of ILM peeling group and non-ILM peeling group was 0.53±0.27 and 0.54±0.26 respectively at the final visit. Postoperative BCVA improved significantly in both groups with significant difference (t=5.035, 4.964; P < 0.05). The was no difference of postoperative BCVA between two groups (t=0.176, P > 0.05). The mean CMT was (343.55±48.74) μm and (311.70±42.48) μm, and the mean TMV was (7.78±0.40) mm3 and (7.88±0.43) mm3. CMT (t=9.508, 8.549) and TMV (t=11.098、15.372) revealed a significant decrease in both groups with significant difference (P < 0.05).The postoperative CMT in the ILM peeling group was significantly higher than that in the non-ILM peeling group (t=-2.203, P < 0.05). No difference was found between the two groups in terms of TMV (t=0.755, P > 0.05). Furthermore, no correlation was observed between postoperative BCVA and CMT (r=0.244, 0.266; P > 0.05) or TMV (r=-0.096, 0.157; P > 0.05). Conclusions23G PPV combined with or without ILM peeling is an efficient and safe treatment for IMEM. ILM peeling appears to have similar effect on the long-term visual outcomes comparing with non-ILM peeling, combined with much thicker postoperative CMT.
ObjectiveTo observe the anatomical and functional changes in patients with different degrees of myopic traction maculopathy (MTM) after vitrectomy. MethodsIt was a retrospective case series study. Forty-seven consecutive patients (47 eyes) diagnosed with MTM were studied between January 2010 and May 2014. There were 38 females (38 eyes) and 9 male (9 eyes),mean age was (65.13±6.98) years, mean axial length was (29.23±1.77) mm. The eyes was divided into 3 groups according to the macular morphologies on optical coherence tomography (OCT), including macular retinoschisis only group (MRS group, 18 eyes), foveal retinal detachment group (FD group, 13 eyes) and full-thickness macular hole group (MH group, 16 eyes). All the eyes underwent minimum resolution angle in logarithmic (logMAR) best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure, axial length, A or B- ultrasonography, fundus photography, OCT and microperimetry examinations. The average logMAR BCVA of 47 eyes was 1.43±0.52. The center retinal thickness (CRT) of eyes in MRS and FD group was (528.45±167.61) μm. All the patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy combined with internal limiting membrane peeling. The mean follow-up period was 23.4 months. The changes of logMAR BCVA, microperimetry and macular microstructural were observed. ResultsAt the final follow-up, the logMAR BCVA of 47 eyes was 0.86±0.42, which improved compared with the preoperative vision (t=7.36,P<0.001). The mean CRT of eyes in MRS and FD group was (250.90±91.81) μm, which improved compared with the preoperative CRT (t=8.17,P<0.001). In MRS group, the retina was attached in 18 eyes. In FD group, the retina was attached in 11 eyes, MH was observed in 2 eyes. In MH group, recurrent retinal detachment was observed in 1 eye. The differences of logMAR BCVA and retinal sensitivity among MRS, FD and MH groups were significant (χ2=6.38, 11.08; P=0.030, 0.004). ConclusionThe macular structural and visual function in MTM eyes with macular retinoschisis only after vitrectomy are better than those in MTM eyes with MH and foveal retinal detachment.