Change in Foveal Avascular Zone After Removal of Epiretinal Membrane and Internal Limiting Membrane

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Epiretinal Membrane

Treatments: Procedure: epiretinal membrane and internal limiting membrane removal

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01985490

2013-07-163

Details and patient eligibility

About

Fovea is characterized by its vessel-free zone, called foveal avascular zone and it can be visualized by fluorescein angiography. Removal of epiretinal membrane and internal limiting membrane is frequently performed procedure and we suspected that these procedures may affect integrity of foveal avascular zone.

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the change of foveal avascular zone after removal of epiretinal membrane and internal limiting membrane

Enrollment: 32 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• epiretinal membrane

Exclusion criteria

• history of vitrectomy, intraocular surgery
• any macular disease other than epiretinal membrane
• media opacity obscuring the image of fluorescein angiography

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 1 patient group

epiretinal membrane

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: epiretinal membrane and internal limiting membrane removal