AIM: To evaluate the vitreomacular interface in cases with wet age-related macular degeneration(AMD) and to compare them to eyes with dry AMD and normal eyes.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional comparative study t...AIM: To evaluate the vitreomacular interface in cases with wet age-related macular degeneration(AMD) and to compare them to eyes with dry AMD and normal eyes.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional comparative study that included 87 eyes with wet AMD,42 eyes with dry AMD and 40 eyes without AMD as a control group.Optical coherence tomography(OCT) examination was performed for all patients to assess the vitreomacular interface.RESULTS: In the wet AMD group,34.5% of cases had vitreomacular adhesion(VMA).Only 14.3% of dry AMD cases and 10% of control cases had VMA.There was a significant difference between the control group and the wet AMD group(P=0.004) as well as the dry and wet AMD group(P=0.017).There was also a significant difference between the incidence of VMA in patients with subretinal choroidal neovascularization(CNV,type 1) and intraretinal CNV(type 2 or type 3)(P=0.020).CONCLUSION: There is an association between posterior vitreous attachment and AMD.There is also an increased incidence of VMA with intra-retinal CNV.展开更多
文摘AIM: To evaluate the vitreomacular interface in cases with wet age-related macular degeneration(AMD) and to compare them to eyes with dry AMD and normal eyes.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional comparative study that included 87 eyes with wet AMD,42 eyes with dry AMD and 40 eyes without AMD as a control group.Optical coherence tomography(OCT) examination was performed for all patients to assess the vitreomacular interface.RESULTS: In the wet AMD group,34.5% of cases had vitreomacular adhesion(VMA).Only 14.3% of dry AMD cases and 10% of control cases had VMA.There was a significant difference between the control group and the wet AMD group(P=0.004) as well as the dry and wet AMD group(P=0.017).There was also a significant difference between the incidence of VMA in patients with subretinal choroidal neovascularization(CNV,type 1) and intraretinal CNV(type 2 or type 3)(P=0.020).CONCLUSION: There is an association between posterior vitreous attachment and AMD.There is also an increased incidence of VMA with intra-retinal CNV.