Comparison of the Effectiveness of Pars Plana Vitrectomy with and without Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling for Idiopathic Retinal Membrane Removal: A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Surgery-related features of the included trials.

Study	Surgeon	Vitrectomy	Dying	Peeling diameter	Pseudophakic		Outcomes	Complications
					E	E+I
Kim et al., 2005 [19]	—	—	0.5% ICG	2 PD	Pre: 5	Pre: 2	I III IV	Cataract9
					Post: 13	Post: 12
Kwok et al., 2005 [25]	1	20 G	1 mg/mL ICG	3-4 PD	Some		I II III	Retinal detachment1
Liu and Mori, 2005 [24]	—	—	—	—	Except 1 in E group		I II	—
Lee and Kim, 2010 [18]	1	—	0.125% ICG	—	16	18	I II IV	0
Pournaras et al., 2011 [17]	1	20/23 G	0.15% ICG	—	All		I II IV	0
Chang et al., 2013 [23]	1	20 G	BBG	—	Some		I II	—
Oh et al., 2013 [16]	1	20 G	0.5% ICG	2 PD	Pre: 5; Post: 6	Pre: 4; Post: 5	I II	Cataract11; Vitreous hemorrhage1; Punctate retinal hemorrhage27
Ahn et al., 2014 [22]	2	23 G	0.05% ICG	—	Pre: 10		I III	0
					Post: 36	Post: 28

I: Pre- and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity; II: vision improvement; III: recurrence rate; IV: complications.