Metamorphopsia and outer retinal morphologic changes after successful vitrectomy surgery for macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Purpose:
To evaluate the correlation between metamorphopsia and outer retinal morphologic changes after successful vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
Methods:
Forty eyes from 40 patients with macula-off (26 eyes) or macula-on (14 eyes) RRDs that underwent pars plana vitrectomy were included. Metamorphopsia was quantified with M-CHARTS. The relationship between the integrity of the outer retinal layers examined by spectral domain optical coherence tomography and metamorphopsia at 6 and 12 months postoperatively was evaluated.
Results:
Metamorphopsia was significantly more frequent in eyes with macula-off RRD (88%) than in eyes with macula-on RRD (21%) at 6 months postoperatively (P

Source: RETINA - January 1, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Original Study Source Type: research