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Liu K, Ma L, Lai TYY, Brelen ME, Tam POS, Tham CC, Pang CP, Chen LJ. Evaluation of the association of C5 with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. EYE AND VISION (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2019; 6:34. [PMID: 31720301 PMCID: PMC6836349 DOI: 10.1186/s40662-019-0161-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) are sight-threatening maculopathies with both environmental and genetic risk factors. We have previously shown relative risks posed by genes of the complement pathways to neovascular AMD and PCV. Methods In this study, we investigated the haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the complement component 5 (C5) gene in 708 unrelated Chinese individuals: 200 neovascular AMD patients, 233 PCV patients and 275 controls. Six tagging SNPs in C5 were genotyped. Univariate single SNP association analysis, haplotype-based association analysis and gene-gene interaction analysis between C5 and other AMD-associated genes were performed. Results The results revealed none of the six tagging SNPs of the C5 gene had a significant association with neovascular AMD or PCV (P > 0.05). We also found insignificant haplotype-based association, and no significant SNP-SNP interaction between C5 and other genes (including C2-CFB-RDBP-SKIV2L, SERPING1, CETP, ABCG1, PGF, ANGPT2, CFH and HTRA1) for neovascular AMD and PCV. Conclusions This study showed no statistical significance in the genetic association of C5 with neovascular AMD or PCV in a Hong Kong Chinese population. Further studies in large samples from different populations are warranted to elucidate the role of C5 in the genetic susceptibility of AMD and PCV.
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- Ke Liu
- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Romunde SHM, Polito A, Peroglio Deiro A, Bertazzi L, Guerriero M, Pertile G. Morphological changes in the diseased retina on a healthy choroid-retinal pigment epithelial complex after full macular translocation for exudative age-related macular degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol 2019; 97:e283-e289. [PMID: 30284413 DOI: 10.1111/aos.13880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the change in the retinal morphology after full macular translocation (FMT) for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and identify predictive factors for the visual outcome. METHODS All patients who underwent FMT from December 2008 through July 2013 were selected. Exclusion criteria were FMT for other disease than AMD, age <60 years, <12 months of follow-up or no available images. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence, fluorangiography and indocyanine green angiography were evaluated. RESULTS In total, 51 patients were included with a mean follow-up of 30 months. The presence of the external limiting membrane (ELM) was a significant predictor for a favourable visual outcome 1 year after FMT (OR = -0.30). Other significant predictive factors were the absence of intraretinal fluid (OR = 0.28) and the mixed choroidal neovascularization type (OR = -0.47), whereas nonresponders (OR = 0.41) and fibrotic lesions (OR = 0.35) were less likely to have a good visual function after surgery. CONCLUSION Full macular translocation (FMT), that permits to relocate the diseased macula onto an area of unaffected retinal pigment epithelial and choroid, can restore the anatomy and visual function in some patients with AMD when the outer retina layers are not irreversibly damaged. The presence of the ELM seems to be the most reliable factor in predicting the functional outcome.
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Displacement of foveal area toward optic disc after macular hole surgery with internal limiting membrane peeling. Eye (Lond) 2013; 27:871-7. [PMID: 23703632 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2013.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To determine whether there is a displacement of the fovea toward the optic disc after successful macular hole (MH) surgery with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling. METHODS The medical records of 54 eyes of 53 patients that had undergone pars plana vitrectomy with ILM peeling and gas or air tamponade for an idiopathic MH were evaluated. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) had been performed before and >6 months after the surgery. The preoperative distances between the center of the MH and the optic disc (MH-OD), center of the MH and the bifurcation or crossing of retinal vessels (MH-RV) were measured in the OCT images. In addition, the postoperative distance between the center of the fovea and optic disc (F-OD) and the center of the fovea and the same bifurcation or crossing of retinal vessels (F-RV) were measured in the OCT images. RESULTS The F-OD was 2.67±0.33 disc diameters (DD), which was significantly shorter than that of the MH-OD of 2.77±0.33 DD (P<0.001). The F-RV was also significantly shorter than the MH-RV on the inner nasal area (from 0.85±0.16DD to 0.79±0.15DD; P<0.001), the inner temporal area (from 0.82±0.15DD to 0.77±0.14DD; P<0.001), and outer nasal area (from 1.70±0.31DD to 1.65±0.32DD; P<0.001), but it was significantly longer than the MH-RV in the outer temporal area (from 1.65±0.29DD to 1.68±0.29DD; P<0.001). CONCLUSION Our results showed that successful closure of a MH by vitrectomy with ILM peeling and gas tamponade leads to a displacement of the center of the macula toward the optic disc.
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Liu K, Chen LJ, Tam POS, Shi Y, Lai TYY, Liu DTL, Chiang SWY, Yang M, Yang Z, Pang CP. Associations of the C2-CFB-RDBP-SKIV2L locus with age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Ophthalmology 2012; 120:837-43. [PMID: 23260260 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Revised: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the associations of the C2-CFB-RDBP-SKIV2L region with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). DESIGN Cross-sectional, case-control association study. PARTICIPANTS A Chinese case-control group of 200 neovascular AMD patients, 233 PCV patients, and 275 control subjects. METHODS An association analysis was performed of the C2-CFB-RDBP-SKIV2L locus with both neovascular AMD and PCV in a Chinese population using 19 haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 6 previously reported SNPs across the C2-CFB-RDBP-SKIV2L region. All SNPs were genotyped using the TaqMan genotyping technology (TaqMan; Applied Biosystems [ABI], Foster City, CA). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Allele and haplotype frequencies of the SNPs in the C2-CFB-RDBP-SKIV2L region. RESULTS The SKIV2L SNPs rs429608 and rs453821 were significantly associated with neovascular AMD (P = 7.39 × 10(-5); odds ratio [OR], 0.22; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.10-0.50; and P = 0.001; OR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.21-0.70, respectively), whereas borderline associations were detected for C2 rs547154 (P = 0.002) and RDBP rs760070 (P = 0.003). Conditional haplotype analysis revealed that SKIV2L rs429608 could account fully for the global haplotype association identified in this region. The association of SKIV2L rs429608 with neovascular AMD remained significant after adjusting for CFH rs800292 and HTRA1 rs11200638. No individual SNP or haplotype was associated significantly with PCV. CONCLUSIONS In this concurrent investigation of the associations of the entire C2-CFB-RDBP-SKIV2L region with neovascular AMD and PCV, the results suggested that SKIV2L is a likely causal gene for neovascular AMD, conferring a significant protective effect independent of CFH and HTRA1. These data do not support a significant role of this region in PCV, suggesting different molecular mechanisms between neovascular AMD and PCV.
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- Ke Liu
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Takeuchi K, Kachi S, Iwata E, Ishikawa K, Terasaki H. Visual function 5 years or more after macular translocation surgery for myopic choroidal neovascularisation and age-related macular degeneration. Eye (Lond) 2011; 26:51-60. [PMID: 22173070 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the changes in the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after 1 year and after ≥ 5 years after macular translocation for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or myopic choroidal neovascularisation (mCNV). METHODS The medical records of 61 consecutive patients who underwent macular translocation with 360° retinotomy for AMD (35 eyes) or mCNV (26 eyes) were reviewed. Overall, 40 patients, 17 mCNV and 23 AMD, were followed for at least 5 years. BCVA and area of the Goldmann visual field (VF) measured before, 12 months after surgery, and at the final visit. RESULTS In the 23 AMD eyes followed for ≥ 5 years, the mean preoperative BCVA was 1.149 ± 0.105 logMAR units, which significantly improved to 0.69 ± 0.06 logMAR units at 1 year (P<0.001). This BCVA was maintained at 0.633 ± 0.083 logMAR units on their final examination. In the 17 eyes with mCNV followed for ≥ 5 years, the mean preoperative BCVA was 1.083 ± 0.119 logMAR units, which was significantly improved to 0.689 ± 0.121 logMAR units at 1 year (P = 0.001). This BCVA was maintained at 0.678 ± 0.142 logMAR units on their final examination. The area of the VF was significantly decreased at 12 months and did not change significantly thereafter. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that macular translocation surgery significantly improves the BCVA and significantly decreases the VF area of eyes with mCNV or AMD after first 1 year. The BCVA and VF area do not change significantly from the values at 1 year for at least 5 years.
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- K Takeuchi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Lima LH, Schubert C, Ferrara DC, Merriam JE, Imamura Y, Freund KB, Spaide RF, Yannuzzi LA, Allikmets R. Three major loci involved in age-related macular degeneration are also associated with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Ophthalmology 2010; 117:1567-70. [PMID: 20378180 PMCID: PMC2901561 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2009] [Revised: 11/02/2009] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the frequency of variants in 3 major age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-associated loci in patients of European-American descent with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). DESIGN Cross-sectional, case-control association study. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-five patients with PCV, 368 patients with advanced AMD, and 368 age-matched and ethnically matched unaffected controls of European-American descent. METHODS Association analysis of allele and genotype frequencies, determined by TaqMan assays, was performed for the following haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (htSNPs): risk alleles in the complement factor H (CFH) gene (Y402H and IVS14) in the ARMS2/HTRA1 locus on 10q26 (A69S) and protective alleles in CFH (IVS1 and IVS6) and in the complement factor B/complement component C2 (CFB/C2) locus (IVS10 and H9L). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Allele and genotype frequencies of the htSNPs in the CFH, CFB/C2, and ARMS2/HTRA1 loci. RESULTS Four AMD-associated haplotype-tagging alleles (rs547154, rs1061170, rs1410996, rs10490924) in the 3 major loci, CFH, CFB/C2, and ARMS2/HTRA1, also were statistically significantly associated with the PCV phenotype (P<0.05). Three other alleles from the same loci (rs4151667, rs529825, rs3766404) showed a trend toward association (P<0.2) but did not reach statistical significance, possibly because of the combined effects of a relatively small sample size and low minor allele frequency in the screened populations. CONCLUSIONS The PCV phenotype in Caucasian patients is associated with the major alleles/genotypes in the AMD-associated loci, suggesting that PCV and AMD are genetically similar in the tested loci.
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- Luiz H. Lima
- The Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retina Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York
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- The Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retina Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
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- The Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retina Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
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- The Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retina Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
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- The Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retina Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
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- The Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retina Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York
- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York
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Sakurada Y, Kubota T, Mabuchi F, Imasawa M, Tanabe N, Iijima H. Association of LOC387715 A69S with vitreous hemorrhage in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Am J Ophthalmol 2008; 145:1058-1062. [PMID: 18400199 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Revised: 02/05/2008] [Accepted: 02/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate whether the LOC387715 polymorphism is associated with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and with vitreous hemorrhage (VH), one of the most severe clinical phenotypes, in the Japanese population. DESIGN Cross-sectional case-control association study. METHODS One hundred and nine Japanese patients with PCV, composed of nine patients associated with VH (VH group) and 100 patients without VH (non-VH group), and 85 control subjects were analyzed for the LOC387715 polymorphism (rs = 10490924), using denaturing high-performance chromatography. RESULTS There was a significant difference in the T allele frequency between PCV patients and control subjects (P < .0001). In comparison with wild-type homozygosity (GG), homozygosity for the at-risk allele genotype (TT) increased the likelihood for PCV 8.4-fold (3.6 to 19.5, 95% confidence interval [CI]) and heterozygosity for the at-risk allele genotype (TG) increased the likelihood for PCV 4.0-fold (1.9 to 8.4, 95% CI). There was a significant difference in the genotypic frequency at the LOC387715 site between the VH and non-VH groups (P = .0099, Chi-square test) with the TT genotype occurring in 88.9% in the VH group and 37.0% in the non-VH group. The frequency of the T allele in the VH group was significantly greater than that in the non-VH group (0.944 vs 0.610; P = .0039, Fisher exact test). CONCLUSIONS The LOC387715 polymorphism is associated with PCV and clinical severity in the subgroups of PCV in the Japanese population.
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Sawa M, Gomi F, Ohji M, Tsujikawa M, Fujikado T, Tano Y. Fundus autofluorescence after full macular translocation surgery for myopic choroidal neovascularization. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2008; 246:1087-95. [PMID: 18458934 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0835-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2007] [Accepted: 03/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To investigate fundus autofluorescence (FAF) findings in patients who underwent full macular translocation surgery with 360-degree retinotomy (MT360) for myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS Observational case series. Thirty-one eyes of 31 patients who underwent MT360 for myopic CNV from February 1999 through September 2005 were included. We measured the best-corrected visual acuity and obtained color fundus photographs, optical coherence tomography (OCT) images, and fluorescein angiography images. FAF imaging by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope was obtained postoperatively in all study eyes and preoperatively in two study participants. FAF features at the new macula were qualitatively evaluated and compared with preoperative lesions associated with CNV. The FAF features at the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) area with preoperative CNV also were evaluated. RESULTS The mean interval between MT360 and the final FAF examination was 58 months (range, 8-94 months). FAF imaging was almost normal in five eyes (16%), the increased FAF was well defined at the new macula area in 23 eyes (74%), and the FAF was decreased in three eyes (10%). Neither newly developed CNV nor subretinal fluid was seen at the new macular region in any eyes on fluorescein angiography or OCT imaging. The configurations of well-defined increased FAF in 23 eyes corresponded with the preoperative CNV in two eyes (9%) and subretinal hemorrhages in five eyes (22%). Well-defined increased FAF larger than the CNV or subretinal hemorrhage was seen in 16 eyes (69%). The RPE area located at the area of the preoperative CNV had a FAF defect or decreased FAF in 30 eyes (97%) on postoperative FAF imaging; there were no increased FAF changes. CONCLUSIONS Well-defined increased FAF at the new macula after MT360 suggests that FAF reflects not only fluorophores in the RPE but also in the neurosensory retina. These fluorophores may result from interactions between the retina and CNV/pathologic RPE.
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- Miki Sawa
- Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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Joeres S, Llacer H, Heussen FMA, Weiss C, Kirchhof B, Joussen AM. Optical coherence tomography on autologous translocation of choroid and retinal pigment epithelium in age-related macular degeneration. Eye (Lond) 2007; 22:782-9. [PMID: 17332766 DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To analyse structural changes after autologous translocation of choroid and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS We performed a prospective nonrandomised study in 29 consecutive patients, who underwent submacular surgery with translocation of an autologous full-thickness graft of RPE, Bruch's membrane, and choroid. All patients had recent loss of reading vision due to AMD. OCT was performed before surgery and at 3- and 6- month follow-up to analyse the morphological appearance of the graft and the overlying retina. RESULTS Maximum retinal thickness decreased from mean 408 microm (standard deviation (SD) 127 microm) preoperative to mean 373 microm (SD 104 microm) at 6-month follow-up (P=0.094). In 11 cases (40%), a nearly physiological shape of the retina was seen at this time point. A macular hole persisted in two eyes after silicone oil removal. In most eyes, the highly reflective band of the graft presumably corresponding to RPE was continuous with the surrounding RPE band in all six OCT scans. Eyes with flat appearance of the graft at 6-month follow-up (<300 microm) showed a significantly better functional outcome than eyes with more prominent grafts. Interestingly, most patients did not complain about metamorphopsia, even though the graft was prominent or wrinkled in some cases. CONCLUSION OCT is a useful tool in monitoring intra- and subretinal changes after subretinal surgery with graft translocation. We demonstrated that graft translocation may lead to a normalisation of retinal thickness and stabilisation of visual acuity.
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- Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Falkner CI, Leitich H, Frommlet F, Bauer P, Binder S. The end of submacular surgery for age-related macular degeneration? A meta-analysis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2006; 245:490-501. [PMID: 16673139 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0184-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2005] [Accepted: 10/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this meta-analysis was to summarize and to discuss the results of the four main submacular surgical procedures for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) as reported in the literature through 2004 and to compare them to the Submacular Surgery Trials (SST) data. METHODS The existing data in the literature on submacular surgery for AMD from 1992 to 2004 were evaluated. The main outcomes were proportion of patients with two or more lines of improvement in visual acuity (VA) and proportion with two or more lines of deterioration in VA after surgery. RESULTS Eighty-eight studies including 1,915 cases met the inclusion criteria. Estimates for the treatment outcome within the four groups of treatment based on a logistic regression model gave comparable results for removal of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) (improvement of VA 28%, deterioration of VA 25%), macular translocation (improvement of VA 31%, deterioration of VA 27%), and for transplantation of pigment epithelium (improvement of VA 22%, deterioration of VA 21%). Estimates for removal of subretinal hemorrhage were significantly different (improvement of VA 62%, deterioration of VA 13%). CONCLUSIONS Selected case series showed superior results of VA compared to the SST. The question of whether this is due to selection bias that seems inevitable when dealing with medium-sized nonrandomized case series or due to better results in single centers cannot be answered. In our opinion there still seem to be indications for submacular surgery such as in patients with AMD with low preoperative VA due to large hemorrhagic or fibrotic membranes or nonresponders to photodynamic therapy (PDT).
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- Christiane I Falkner
- Department of Ophthalmology, Rudolf Foundation Clinic, The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Retinology and Biomicroscopic Lasersurgery, Juchgasse 25, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
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Kojima A, Ohno-Matsui K, Teramukai S, Ishihara Y, Shimada N, Yoshida T, Sugamoto Y, Tokoro T, Mochizuki M. Estimation of visual outcome without treatment in patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in pathologic myopia. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2006; 244:1474-9. [PMID: 16628418 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0324-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2005] [Revised: 02/05/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To clarify prognostic factors of long-term visual outcome without treatment in patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and estimate a regression equation to predict visual acuity at 5 years after CNV onset. METHODS Fifty-four eyes of 54 consecutive patients with high myopia and subfoveal CNV who did not receive treatment were identified using clinical records from 1988 to 2004. Photodynamic therapy not approved for myopic CNV in Japan during this period. The association of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at 5 years after CNV onset with patient age, refractive error, axial length, initial BCVA, myopic retinopathy grade, duration of persistent hemorrhage, CNV size at onset, and size of hemorrhage around the CNV was analyzed using Spearman's correlation and multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS BCVA at 5 years after onset was significantly associated with patient age, CNV size, and initial BCVA (P<0.05, Spearman's correlation). The regression equation estimating BCVA at 5 years after CNV onset was based on age and initial BCVA (R2=0.43). When subjects were divided into groups according to age (<40 and >or=40 years), CNV size, axial length and duration of persistent hemorrhage influenced BCVA at 5 years in patients under 40 years; while only initial BCVA was an influence in those at least 40 years old. CONCLUSIONS We developed a linear predictive model to estimate BCVA at 5 years after onset of myopic CNV without treatment based on the identified prognostic factors. This information might be important for managing patients with myopic CNV.
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- Ariko Kojima
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Abrams GW, Garcia-Valenzuela E, Nanda SK. Retinotomies and Retinectomies. Retina 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-02598-0.50142-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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