June 2013
Volume 54, Issue 15
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2013
Change in subfoveal choroidal thickness following semental scleral buckling with or without cryotherapy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Masayo Kimura
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Akira Nishimura
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Hideaki Yokogawa
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Tetsuhiko Okuda
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Tomomi Higashide
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Michiharu Shimizu
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Kazuhisa Sugiyama
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Masayo Kimura, None; Akira Nishimura, None; Hideaki Yokogawa, None; Tetsuhiko Okuda, None; Tomomi Higashide, None; Michiharu Shimizu, None; Kazuhisa Sugiyama, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2013, Vol.54, 2843. doi:
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      Masayo Kimura, Akira Nishimura, Hideaki Yokogawa, Tetsuhiko Okuda, Tomomi Higashide, Michiharu Shimizu, Kazuhisa Sugiyama; Change in subfoveal choroidal thickness following semental scleral buckling with or without cryotherapy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):2843.

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Abstract

Purpose: To report the morphologic changes of the subfoveal choroidal thickness using spectral domain optical coherence tomography following segmental scleral buckling.

Methods: The study included 21 eyes of 20 patients who underwent segmental scleral buckling and cryotherapy and 8 eyes of 7 patients who underwent segmental scleral buckling without cryotherapy for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. All patients underwent the measurements of the subfoveal choroidal thickness preoperatively and 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively.

Results: The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness of operated eyes with cryotherapy measured preoperatively and at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively were 239.2 ± 91.0μm, 267.6 ± 96.8μm, 250.6 ± 95.8μm and 239.4 ± 95.6μm, respectively. There were significant differences between subfoveal choroidal thicknesses preoperatively and 1 week and 1 month postoperatively (p<0.01, p=0.03, ANOVA), and there was no significant difference between subfoveal choroidal thicknesses preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively (p=1.0, ANOVA). The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness of operated eyes without cryotherapy measured preoperatively and at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively were 258.1 ± 80.4μm, 280.7 ± 77.3μm, 265.0 ± 72.6μm and 255.0 ± 78.5μm, respectively. There were significant differences between subfoveal choroidal thicknesses preoperatively and 1 week postoperatively (p=0.008, repeated ANOVA), and there was no significant difference between subfoveal choroidal thicknesses preoperatively and 1 month and 3 months postoperatively (p=0.688 and p=0.957, repeated ANOVA).

Conclusions: The subfoveal choroidal thickness may change temporarily following segmental scleral buckling surgery regardless of whether the cryotherapy is used. This may be the result of reversible subclinical microcirculatory dysfunction of the choroid.

Keywords: 697 retinal detachment • 452 choroid  
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