title: The vitreomacular interface in different types of age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is an association between posterior vitreous attachment and AMD. There is also an increased incidence of VMA with intra-retinal CNV.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum Square, Azarita, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed Abd ElMonaem
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: El-Hifnawy
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum Square, Azarita, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hisham Ali
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum Square, Azarita, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt.
authors.forename: Amir Ramadan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gomaa
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum Square, Azarita, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Elmasry
keywords: age-related macular degeneration; macula; optical coherence tomography; vitreomacular interface