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The Role of Radial Peripapillary Vessel Density in Irvine-gass Syndrome

Completed
Conditions
Macular Edema
Cataract
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: OCTA
Registration Number
NCT06436170
Lead Sponsor
Federico II University
Brief Summary

Pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME), also known as Irvine-Gass syndrome (IGS), is an accumulation of fluid in the macula that occurs after cataract surgery, with an early or late presentation (cut-off 3 months) . It is the most common cause of decreased vision after uneventful phacoemulsification, with a rare incidence of 0.1-2.35% for clinically significant PCME .

Macular edema in IGS can be diagnosed and classified by optical coherence tomography (OCT), which enables its morphologic assessment. Fluorescein angiography (FA) is the gold standard to perform differential diagnosis for macular edema.

To date, OCT angiography (OCTA) has been proposed to study various retinal vascular diseases. In contrast to FA, OCTA is able to visualize Radial peripapillary vessel density (RCP).

The aim of this study was to investigate abnormalities in the vascular network of the optic nerve head in patients with IGS compared to healthy eyes, using OCT-A

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

Clinical diagnosis of PCME Cataract surgery

Exclusion Criteria

diabetes vein occlusion uveitis vasculitis age-related macular degeneration hereditary macular dystrophy

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
30 patiens with IGS mean age 70 ±6OCTA-
30 healthy controls mean age 70 ±5OCTA-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the role of OCTA in diagnosis of IGS10 months

To evaluate the vascolarization of RPC in IGS

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Federico II of Naples

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Naples, Italy

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