title: Early simultaneous fundus autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography features after pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe fundus autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of the macula after pars plana vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-three eyes of 33 consecutive patients with repaired rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with or without the involvement of the macula were prospectively investigated with simultaneous fundus autofluorescence and OCT imaging using the Spectralis HRA+OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) within a few weeks after the operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fundus autofluorescence imaging of the macula showed lines of increased and decreased autofluorescence in 19 cases (57.6%). On OCT, these lines corresponded to the following abnormalities: outer retinal folds, inner retinal folds, and skip reflectivity abnormalities of the photoreceptor inner segment/outer segment band. Other OCT findings, not related to abnormal lines on fundus autofluorescence, consisted of disruption of photoreceptor inner segment/outer segment band and collection of intraretinal or subretinal fluid. The presence of outer retinal folds significantly related to metamorphopsia but did not relate to poor postoperative visual acuity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Partial-thickness retinal folds occur commonly after vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair and may represent an important anatomical substrate for postoperative metamorphopsia. Fundus autofluorescence and OCT are both sensitive techniques for the detection of these abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dell'Omo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: Sarit Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lesnik Oberstein
authors.forename: Heico
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bijl
authors.forename: H Stevie
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy