Non-Funduscopic Slit Lamp Assessment of the Posterior Hyaloid Membrane - A Simpler and More Effective Way of Clinically Diagnosing Posterior Vitreous Detachments.

Purpose: To assess the clinical utility of a simpler method of detecting a complete posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) - visualization of the posterior hyaloid membrane at the slit lamp - which does not require expert dilated fundus examination skills, special instrumentation (fundoscopy lenses), or imaging devices (OCT or B-scan).

Design: Cross-sectional case series PARTICIPANTS: All eligible patients presenting to the retina clinic during the study period were consecutively examined.

Methods: All patients were examined for the presence or absence of a PVD using the posterior hyaloid membrane assessment method, Weiss ring assessment method, and via optical coherence tomography (OCT) performed by three masked graders.