Abstract
Purpose :
To describe the early spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) changes after spontaneous vitreomacular traction (VMT) release.
Methods :
Patients with spontaneous VMT release who had undergone SD-OCT both before and after VMT release were included.
Results :
A total of 13 eyes from 12 patients (8 females, 4 males) were included in the study. Mean age was 67 years (range 56-86). On average patients had 3 follow-up visits (range 1-6) and a mean follow-up time of 268 days. Visual acuity ranged from 20/20 to 20/200 pre VMT release and 20/20 to 20/50 post VMT release. Pre release, the ellispoid zone (EZ) was disrupted in 7 eyes and tented in 2 eyes, while ELM disruption was present in 6 eyes with no RPE abnormalities. Post release there remained 3 eyes with EZ disruption and one eye with ELM disruption. Pre release intraretinal cysts (IRC) were present in 11 eyes and subretinal fluid (SRF) was present in 4 eyes. Post release there were 2 cases with IRC and 3 with SRF. Central macular thickness and choroidal thickness were 306 and 206 microns respectively pre-release versus 264 (P<0.001) and 190 (P<0.05) microns post release.
Conclusions :
Spontaneous release of VMT did not result in any additional changes on SD-OCT that were not already present. The majority of these changes resolved on their own. Both central macular and choroidal thickness were found to decrease after spontaneous release.
This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, Wash., May 1-5, 2016.