title: Visual field defects after uneventful vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane with indocyanine green-assisted internal limiting membrane peeling.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report visual field defects after vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane with indocyanine green (ICG)-assisted internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional consecutive case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of 16 eyes of 16 patients who underwent vitrectomy for idiopathic epiretinal membrane. Indocyanine green-assisted ILM peeling was performed in 7 of 16 eyes. The main outcome measure was postoperative visual field.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four of seven eyes (57%) with ICG-assisted ILM peeling had visual field defects postoperatively. The field defects identified were nasal in three eyes; in the fourth eye, the visual field was constricted to approximately 30 degrees. None of the nine eyes without ICG-assisted ILM peeling had a visual field defect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peripheral visual field defects may occur after vitrectomy with ICG-assisted ILM peeling. Although the cause of the defects is unclear, the potential role of ICG toxicity requires further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan. akiu@ml.kch.kagoshima.kagoshima.jp
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Yushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Hazuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green