Posterior Vitreous Detachment and Its Role in the Evolution of Dry to Wet Age Related Macular Degeneration.

Purpose: To examine the state of the posterior vitreous in eyes with exudative age-related macular degeneration, AMD, non-exudative AMD and in normal eyes.

Study: This is a prospective, cross-sectional study.

Methods: B-scan ultrasonography and Optical Coherence Tomography, OCT were performed in 165 patients older than 65 years with any AMD and in 22 patients older than 65 years with normal eyes in order to diagnose the eyes with complete posterior vitreous detachment, PVD and the eyes with persistent central vitreomacular adhesion, VMA.