Clinical Study

Restoration of Foveal Bulge after Resolution of Diabetic Macular Edema with Coexisting Serous Retinal Detachment

Table 2

Comparison of posttreatment optical coherence tomography measurements in diabetic macular edema eyes with coexisting serous retinal detachment in foveal bulge (+) group and foveal bulge (-) group.

Foveal bulge (+) ()Foveal bulge (-) ()

IVR (SD) (n)4.00 (1.29)4.19 (1.18)0.460
Mean 6M BCVA (SD) (LogMAR/Snellen VA)0.19 (0.18)/≈20/31.00.35 (0.18)/≈20/44.80.004
Mean 6M CFT (SD) (μm)187.68 (27.00)196.37 (29.54)0.314
Mean ONL thickness (SD) (μm)94.80 (15.53)101.67 (18.17)0.203
Mean photoreceptor IS length (SD) (μm)31.28 (2.76)30.70 (3.45)0.289
Mean photoreceptor OS length (SD) (μm)41.48 (3.39)31.44 (3.24)<0.001
SRD complete resolution ( (%))
 1 M21 (84.0%)13 (48.1%)0.009
 3 M24 (96.0%)18 (66.7%)0.012

Unpaired Mann-Whitney test; Fisher’s exact test. IVR: intravitreal injection of ranibizumab; 6 M: 6 months after 3 monthly consecutive intravitreal injections of ranibizumab treatment; BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; Snellen VA: Snellen visual acuity; CFT: central foveal thickness; ONL: outer nuclear layer; IS: inner segment; OS: outer segment; SD: standard deviation; SRD: serous retinal detachment.