Cataract surgery in eyes with an idiopathic macular epiretinal membrane: the effect on the epiretinal membrane and the surgical outcome
Recruiting
- Conditions
- macular epiretinal membranemacular pucker10015917
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON48514
- Lead Sponsor
- Oogziekenhuis Rotterdam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Age >= 50 years.
Informed consent.
Senile cataract and idiopathic macular epiretinal membrane, stage 1, 2 or 3, on OCT.
Exclusion Criteria
Secondary macular ERM.
Diabetic retinopathy or other vascular retinopathy.
Pseudoexfoliation syndrome.
Advanced glaucoma (with visual field defects).
Any ocular opacity that may prevent reliable OCT scans.
Any kind of maculopathy such as pucker and severe (subjective) metamorphopsia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Progression of ERM and phaco-energy.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Stage of ERM (OCT).<br />Central foveal thickness (CFT; OCT).<br />Progression of ERM after phacoemulsification.<br />Presence of CME (OCT).<br />Visual acuity (Snellen).<br />Metamorphopsia (M-charts, see Matsumoto et al. 2003 ).<br />Indication for vitrectomy and ERM peeling.<br />Complications.</p>