[Functional results and complications in the long-term follow-up after 25-gauge vitrectomy of epiretinal membrane].

Background: Idiopathic epiretinal membranes can lead, among other things, to visual impairment and metamorphopsia. The treatment of choice is a pars plana vitrectomy with removal of the membrane. The improvement of visual acuity and postoperative complications have already been described in several studies.

Influence of Preoperative Foveal Layers' Thickness on Visual Function and Macular Morphology by Phacovitrectomy for Epiretinal Membrane.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study with short, differently dispersed follow-up is to record the relationships between the pathologies of the individual foveal layers, measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), and to investigate their influence on pre- and postoperative best-corrected decimal far visual acuity (BCVA) by phacovitrectomy for epiretinal membrane (ERM) in comorbidity with cataract. 208 eyes of 173 patients with symptomatic idiopathic ERM and moderate cataract were included.

Results: In all OCT morphological stages of ERM, as well as in their combination with macular lamellar hole (MLH) and vitreomacular traction (VMT), a significant difference in the thickness of the individual fovea layers was found.