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Optical coherence tomography angiography evaluation of peripapillary microvascular changes after rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021.
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Abstract
- PURPOSE To evaluate the radial peripapillary capillary plexus (RPCP) vessel density (VD) and the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in eyes successfully treated with pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS In this cross-sectional multicenter clinical study, eyes with a minimum 12-month follow-up were reexamined. The RPCP VD and RNFL thickness in the rhegmatogenous retinal detachment subfields of the affected eye (study group) were compared with the corresponding areas of the healthy fellow eyes (control group). RESULTS Fifty-three eyes were included in the study. A significantly lower RPCP VD and RNFL thickness were observed in those subfields affected by rhegmatogenous retinal detachment compared with those of the control group (P < 0.001). No statistically significant differences were observed between undetached subfields in the study group and their corresponding images in the control group. In the study group, a significant correlation was found between RPCP VD and RNFL thickness in subfields with detached retina (r = 0.393, P < 0.001) and undetached retina (r = 0.321, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Radial peripapillary capillary plexus VD changes were found in the subfields of detached retina successfully treated with pars plana vitrectomy and they correlated with RNFL thinning. These data suggest a coexistence of neuronal and microvascular damage in patients affected by rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
- Subjects :
- Male
Retinal Ganglion Cells
genetic structures
Computed Tomography Angiography
medicine.medical_treatment
Nerve fiber layer
Visual Acuity
Vitrectomy
Eye
radial peripapillary capillary plexus
chemistry.chemical_compound
Nerve Fibers
Tomography
Retinal detachment repair
Retinal detachment
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Axial Length, Eye
medicine.anatomical_structure
Female
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Pars plana
medicine.medical_specialty
Biometry
Optic Disk
Endotamponade
retinal detachment
OCT-angiography
Radial peripapillary capillary plexus
Retinal nerve fiber layer
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Vessels
Retrospective Studies
Ophthalmology
medicine
Axial Length
Retina
business.industry
retinal nerve fiber layer
Retinal
Optical coherence tomography angiography
medicine.disease
eye diseases
chemistry
Optical Coherence
sense organs
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....084cb2b5d0cf45aa82faffc6b687668b