Pros and cons of internal limiting membrane peeling during epiretinal membrane surgery: a randomised clinical trial with microperimetry (PEELING).

Background: After idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM) removal, it is unclear whether the internal limiting membrane (ILM) should be removed. The objective was to assess if active ILM peeling after iERM removal could induce microscotomas.

Methods: The PEELING study is a national randomised clinical trial.

[Real life retrospective study of 98 eyes treated with intravitreal dexamethasone or anti-VEGF injections for macular edema due to diabetes or retinal vein occlusion].

Purpose: To evaluate long term outcomes of patients presenting with diabetic macular edema (DME) or edema secondary to a retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Methods: This is a real world, retrospective, single-center study of 65 eyes of 47 patients treated for DME and 33 eyes of 33 patients with macular edema secondary to RVO between July 2012 and October 2018. The patients treated were treatment-naive and were followed for at least one year.

Does internal limiting membrane peeling during epiretinal membrane surgery induce microscotomas on microperimetry? Study protocol for PEELING, a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Background: The epiretinal membrane (ERM) is a degenerative condition associated with age, which can cause loss of vision and/or metamorphopsia. The treatment of symptomatic ERM involves surgical removal including a vitrectomy followed by peeling of the ERM using a microforceps. As the internal limiting membrane (ILM) is adherent to the ERM, it is sometimes removed with it (spontaneous peeling).