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Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis
PURPOSE: To investigate sequential post-operative thickness changes in inner and outer retinal layers in eyes with an idiopathic macular hole (MH). METHODS: Retrospective case series. Twenty-four eyes of 23 patients who had received pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for the closure of MH were included in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26291526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135925 |
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author | Hashimoto, Yuki Saito, Wataru Fujiya, Akio Yoshizawa, Chikako Hirooka, Kiriko Mori, Shohei Noda, Kousuke Ishida, Susumu |
author_facet | Hashimoto, Yuki Saito, Wataru Fujiya, Akio Yoshizawa, Chikako Hirooka, Kiriko Mori, Shohei Noda, Kousuke Ishida, Susumu |
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description | PURPOSE: To investigate sequential post-operative thickness changes in inner and outer retinal layers in eyes with an idiopathic macular hole (MH). METHODS: Retrospective case series. Twenty-four eyes of 23 patients who had received pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for the closure of MH were included in the study. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography C-scan was used to automatically measure the mean thickness of the inner and outer retinal layers pre-operatively and up to 6 months following surgery. The photoreceptor outer segment (PROS) length was measured manually and was used to assess its relationship with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). RESULTS: Compared with the pre-operative thickness, the inner layers significantly thinned during follow-up (P = 0.02), particularly in the parafoveal (P = 0.01), but not perifoveal, area. The post-operative inner layer thinning ranged from the ganglion cell layer to the inner plexiform layer (P = 0.002), whereas the nerve fiber layer was unaltered. Outer layer thickness was significantly greater post-operatively (P = 0.002), and especially the PROS lengthened not only in the fovea but also in the parafovea (P < 0.001). Six months after surgery, BCVA was significantly correlated exclusively with the elongated foveal PROS (R = 0.42, P = 0.03), but not with any of the other thickness parameters examined. CONCLUSIONS: Following PPV for MH, retinal inner layers other than the nerve fiber layer thinned, suggestive of subclinical thickening in the inner layers where no cyst was evident pre-operatively. In contrast, retinal outer layer thickness significantly increased, potentially as a result of PROS elongation linking tightly with favorable visual prognosis in MH eyes. |
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spelling | pubmed-45461912015-08-26 Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis Hashimoto, Yuki Saito, Wataru Fujiya, Akio Yoshizawa, Chikako Hirooka, Kiriko Mori, Shohei Noda, Kousuke Ishida, Susumu PLoS One Research Article PURPOSE: To investigate sequential post-operative thickness changes in inner and outer retinal layers in eyes with an idiopathic macular hole (MH). METHODS: Retrospective case series. Twenty-four eyes of 23 patients who had received pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for the closure of MH were included in the study. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography C-scan was used to automatically measure the mean thickness of the inner and outer retinal layers pre-operatively and up to 6 months following surgery. The photoreceptor outer segment (PROS) length was measured manually and was used to assess its relationship with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). RESULTS: Compared with the pre-operative thickness, the inner layers significantly thinned during follow-up (P = 0.02), particularly in the parafoveal (P = 0.01), but not perifoveal, area. The post-operative inner layer thinning ranged from the ganglion cell layer to the inner plexiform layer (P = 0.002), whereas the nerve fiber layer was unaltered. Outer layer thickness was significantly greater post-operatively (P = 0.002), and especially the PROS lengthened not only in the fovea but also in the parafovea (P < 0.001). Six months after surgery, BCVA was significantly correlated exclusively with the elongated foveal PROS (R = 0.42, P = 0.03), but not with any of the other thickness parameters examined. CONCLUSIONS: Following PPV for MH, retinal inner layers other than the nerve fiber layer thinned, suggestive of subclinical thickening in the inner layers where no cyst was evident pre-operatively. In contrast, retinal outer layer thickness significantly increased, potentially as a result of PROS elongation linking tightly with favorable visual prognosis in MH eyes. Public Library of Science 2015-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4546191/ /pubmed/26291526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135925 Text en © 2015 Hashimoto et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hashimoto, Yuki Saito, Wataru Fujiya, Akio Yoshizawa, Chikako Hirooka, Kiriko Mori, Shohei Noda, Kousuke Ishida, Susumu Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis |
title | Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis |
title_full | Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis |
title_fullStr | Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis |
title_short | Changes in Inner and Outer Retinal Layer Thicknesses after Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Macular Hole: Implications for Visual Prognosis |
title_sort | changes in inner and outer retinal layer thicknesses after vitrectomy for idiopathic macular hole: implications for visual prognosis |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26291526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135925 |
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