AIM The aim of this study was to establish a correlation between macular thickness on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and 2 visual functions (visual acuity and contrast sensitivity [CS]) in established cases of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 consecutive patients of established POAG between 40 years and 70 years of age attending the glaucoma clinic o...

PURPOSE To determine the repeatability of Stratus optical coherence tomography (OCT) measures of retinal thickness and volume in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) METHOD: Fifty-one eyes of 51 consecutive patients with nAMD underwent an OCT imaging session in which two fast macular thickness map (FMTM) protocol scans sets were acquired by a single experienced oper...

PURPOSE To determine if short term effects of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor or steroid injection are correlated with fluid turbidity, as detected by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in diabetic macular edema (DME) patients. METHODS A total of 583 medical records were reviewed and 104 cases were enrolled. Sixty eyes received a single intravitreal bev...

The aim of the current study was to determine the association between fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) image results, optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging results and visual functions in patients with idiopathic epiretinal membranes (ERMs). A total of 80 eyes from 40 patients diagnosed with ERM were analyzed. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and metamorphopsia were measured using t...

diabetic macular edema (dme) is a leading cause of vision loss in the working-age population worldwide. numerous early studies suggest an important role for intravitreal anti-vegf agents such as bevacizumab in the management of dme. we reviewed manuscripts that had investigated pharmacokinetic, efficacy, safety, dose and frequency of intravitreal bevacizumab (ivb) injections as well as effect o...

PURPOSE To assess the macular thickness changes after cataract surgery in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 104 diabetic patients who underwent cataract surgery. We examined the changes of macular thickness using OCT before cataract surgery and 1 week, 1-, 2- and 6-months after surgery. The central subfield mean thic...

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to compare macular thickness in patients with keratoconus (KC) with macular thickness in healthy subjects. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twenty-six patients with KC and 52 control subjects were included. The macular structure was evaluated using a Zeiss Cirrus HD-OCT. The scan pattern used was 512 × 128, which covers an area of approximately 6 × 6 mm of the ret...

PURPOSE To evaluate macular retinal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness changes after Brilliant Blue G-assisted internal limiting membrane peeling for idiopathic macular hole repair using a high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS 32 eyes from 32 patients with idiopathic macular holes who underwent vitrectomy with internal limiting membr...

Purpose. To investigate the correlation between aqueous and serum levels of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) and macular choroidal thickness in high myopia patients, both with and without choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Methods. Serum and aqueous levels of PEDF were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 36 high myopia patients (36 eyes) with no CNV (non-CNV group), 14 hig...

Full thickness macular holes have an estimated prevalence of 1/3300, with more than fifty percent occurring in patients aged 65-74 years [1]. The vast majority (>80%) are idiopathic, with smaller proportions occurring in the setting of trauma, inflammation, and myopia. Furthermore, it is estimated that even fewer (less than 1% of full thickness macular holes (FTMH)) have been reported in associ...