title: Clinical outcomes of double staining and additional ILM peeling during ERM surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the clinical outcomes in idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) patients after vitrectomy and ERM removal with or without additional indocyanine green (ICG)-assisted internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling.
  
  
  METHODS
  The medical records of 43 patients with an idiopathic ERM that underwent vitrectomy and ERM removal between July 2007 and April 2010 were reviewed. The patients were divided into two groups: triamcinolone-assisted simple ERM peeling only (group A, n = 23) and triamcinolone-assisted ERM peeling followed by ICG staining and peeling of the remaining internal ILM (group B, n = 20).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No difference was found between the two groups in terms of visual acuity, macular thickness, P1 amplitude or implicit time on multifocal-electroretinogram (mfERG) at six and 12 months postoperatively. In group B, ICG staining after ERM peeling demonstrated that the ILM had been removed together with the ERM in 12 eyes (60%), and all 12 eyes showed punctate retinal hemorrhages during ERM peeling. There was no recurrence of an ERM in either group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Additional procedures involving ICG staining and ILM peeling during ERM surgery do not appear to have an additive effect on the clinical outcomes in terms of visual acuity, retinal function based on mfERG, or recurrence rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ha Na
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Joo Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun Woong
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Il Han
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Yun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004396:Coloring Agents; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green
keywords: Double staining; Epiretinal membrane; Internal limiting membrane
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