Optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane

Yoshio Hirano, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro OguraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, JapanAbstract: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has emerged as a powerful diagnostic aid in disorders of the vitreoretinal juncture. Th...

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Autores principales:	Yoshio Hirano, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro Ogura
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2010
Materias:	Ophthalmology RE1-994
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ecb7733eeaa14ac7b56278a0eecf74222021-12-02T05:52:23ZOptical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/ecb7733eeaa14ac7b56278a0eecf74222010-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/optical-coherence-tomography-guided-peeling-of-macular-epiretinal-memb-a5985https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Yoshio Hirano, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro OguraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, JapanAbstract: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has emerged as a powerful diagnostic aid in disorders of the vitreoretinal juncture. The purpose of this study is to determine whether OCT can be used as an additional tool for evaluating an architecture including the thickened area, and the identifiable edge of a macular epiretinal membrane (ERM), and helping us to dissect the ERM from the retinal surface more easily and safely. In two cases with ERM, the edges of the membranes were detected by OCT, and the peeling of the membrane was started at the area easily. OCT guided ERM peeling might be useful for dissecting ERM membranes without any hesitation.Keywords: optical coherence tomography, epiretinal membrane, vitrectomy Yoshio HiranoTsutomu YasukawaYuichiro OguraDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 27-29 (2010)
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description	Yoshio Hirano, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro OguraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, JapanAbstract: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has emerged as a powerful diagnostic aid in disorders of the vitreoretinal juncture. The purpose of this study is to determine whether OCT can be used as an additional tool for evaluating an architecture including the thickened area, and the identifiable edge of a macular epiretinal membrane (ERM), and helping us to dissect the ERM from the retinal surface more easily and safely. In two cases with ERM, the edges of the membranes were detected by OCT, and the peeling of the membrane was started at the area easily. OCT guided ERM peeling might be useful for dissecting ERM membranes without any hesitation.Keywords: optical coherence tomography, epiretinal membrane, vitrectomy
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title	Optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane
title_short	Optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane
title_full	Optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane
title_fullStr	Optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane
title_full_unstemmed	Optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane
title_sort	optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane
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Optical coherence tomography guided peeling of macular epiretinal membrane

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