title: The Prevalence of Vitreomacular Interface Pathology in a Spanish Tertiary Hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of vitreomacular interface (VMI) pathology, using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  VMI status was classified into macular posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), focal vitreomacular adhesion (VMA; ≤1,500 μm), broad VMA (>1,500 μm), focal vitreomacular traction (VMT; ≤1,500 μm), broad VMT (>1,500 μm), full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) with the presence of VMT, and FTMH without the presence of VMT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1,976 eyes were included. A nonpathologic VMI was observed in 1,875 eyes (94.8%), including 1,050 (53.1%) with PVD, 120 (6.1%) with focal VMA and 705 (35.6%) with broad VMA. A pathologic state of the VMI was diagnosed in 101 eyes (5.1%). Thirty-three eyes (1.7%) were classified as focal VMT, 29 (1.4%) as broad VMT, 39 (1.9%) as FTMH, resulting in 6 small, 12 medium and 21 large FTMHs, six eyes had VMT associated to FTMH.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Even in a tertiary care, retinal referral practice, VMI pathology is a relatively rare condition. There was a higher prevalence in a tertiary hospital study compared to population-based studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Flores-Moreno
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arias-Barquet
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidal-Martí
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Blanco
authors.forename: Marcos J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rubio-Caso
authors.forename: José Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Moreno
authors.forename: Jay S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Duker
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Caminal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*