Surgical Outcomes of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane: The Gülhane Experience

Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to report our experiences and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery in idiopathic epiretinal membrane.Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery for idiopathic epiretinalmembrane between January 2012 and 2014. The patients’ pre- and postoperative visual acuity, slit-lamp examination findings, andoptical coherence tomography (OCT) images were evaluated.Results: Forty-five eyes of 45 patients (36% male, 64% female) were included (mean age, 69±8.2 years). Mean postoperative follow-uptime was 7±4 (1-12) months. The mean preoperative logMAR best corrected visual acuity was 0.58±0.32 and postoperatively0.40±0.31, 0.33±0.33, 0.28±0.34 respectively at 3, 6, and 12 months. All OCT parameters showed statistically significantanatomical improvement at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Correlation analysis showed that central macular thickness (r=0.69, p