Epiretinal Membrane Surgery in Daily Clinical Practice: Results of a Proposed Management Scheme

Table 1

Characteristics at the time of diagnosis of epiretinal membrane. Values provided for visual acuity and central macular thickness are mean (standard deviation) and range.

	Observation group	Vitrectomy group
Number of eyes	47	52
LogMAR visual acuity	0.14 (0.14); Range 0.5 to 0.0	0.33 (0.26); Range 1.30 to −0.10
Central macular thickness (µm)	390 (47); Range 266 to 484	451 (79); Range 319 to 643
Other ocular pathologies (eyes, %)
None	40 (85.1%)	29 (55.7%)
Dry AMD	3 (6.4%)	8 (15.3%)
CRVO	—	1 (1.9%)
Glaucoma	1 (2.1%)	3 (5.8%)
Myopia	1 (2.1%)	2 (3.8%)
Corneal decompensation	1 (2.1%)	1 (1.9%)
Retinal tears	1 (2.1%)	3 (5.8%)
RD surgery	—	1 (1.9%)
Keratoconus	—	1 (1.9%)
ERM configuration (eyes, %)
Preserved foveal pit	6 (12.8%)	3 (5.8%)
Absence of foveal pit	18 (38.3%)	7 (13.5%)
Prominent retinal thickening	20 (42.6%)	22 (42.3%)
Anteroposterior traction	3 (6.4%)	15 (28.8%)
Anteroposterior traction and retinal edema	—	5 (9.6%)

AMD, age-related macular degeneration; CRVO, central retinal vein occlusion; RD, retinal detachment.