Surgical Removal of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane With and Without the Assistance of Indocyanine Green.

University of Regensburg (UR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane, Cataract

Treatments: Drug: Surgery with and without the aid of Indocyanine Green (ICG)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00376857

03123

Details and patient eligibility

About

It was the aim of the present study to prospectively compare the functional and morphological outcome of idiopathic epiretinal membrane surgery with and without the assistance of Indocyanine green (ICG). The main outcome measure was improvement of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). This was treated as an open question and we had no hypothesis which of the two therapies was superior.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with IEM and cataract or posterior chamber intraocular lens pseudophakia complaining of loss of visual acuity and metamorphopsia during the past six months.

Exclusion criteria

• Other retinal disease, non-idiopathic epiretinal membrane, glaucoma or history of retinal detachment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind