Monocular and binocular end-points after epiretinal membrane surgery and their correlation to patient-reported outcomes

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Purpose: This study evaluates current available endpoints for epiretinal membrane (ERM) surgery and examine their correlation to patient reported outcomes (PRO). Methods: Retrospective study including 38 eyes of 38 patients who underwent cataract extraction and subsequent vitrectomy for idiopathic ERM. The fellow eye was phakic with good visual acuity. The registered outcomes were monocular and binocular visual acuity, stereoacuity, M-chart metamorphopsia score, aniseikonia and aniseikonia tolerance range (ATR). Two questionnaires were completed: the convergence insufficiency symptom survey and Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-39). Results: Median total aniseikonia was 11% (range 0–35). There was a statistically significant correlation between the mean total M-chart score of the study eye and VFQ-Near (Spearman rho: VFQ-Near: −0.54, p < 0.01). There was no correlation between the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of the project eye, binocular BCVA, stereoacuity, ATR or mean total aniseikonia and PRO (Spearman p-values > 0.05). There was no correlation between mean total aniseikonia and mean total M-chart score (Spearman rho: 0.21 p = 0.26). There was a large variation between the mean total M-chart scores and questionnaire results. Conclusion: The mean total M-chart score is currently the best end-points to predict PRO of ERM surgery; however, it is possible to have high M-chart values and have no visual complaints.

Original languageEnglish
JournalActa Ophthalmologica
Volume98
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)716-725
Number of pages10
ISSN1755-375X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • aniseikonia, ERM, patient reported outcomes, stereoacuity

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