Measurement of retinal nerve fibre layer after vitrectomy and internal limiting membrane peeling in patients with idiopathic epiretinal membrane and macular hole
- Conditions
- H35.3Degeneration of macula and posterior pole
- Registration Number
- DRKS00004535
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitäts-Augenklinik Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
vitrectomy with peeling of the inner limiting mambrane in patients with epiretinal membrane or macular hole. Pre- and postoperative retinal mesurements with the high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Exclusion Criteria
other indications for vitrectoma, OCT scans generated with non high resolution technique
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness (RNFL) in optic coherence tomography between preoperative mesurement and 4 months postoperative measurement
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in macular thickness measured by OCT before and 4 months after surgery, closure of macular hole, change in best corrected visual acuity (measured in 5 metres) from preoperative to 4 months postoperative, morphological changes within the layer of photoreceptors