Journal of Ophthalmology

Research Article

Influence of Preoperative Foveal Layers’ Thickness on Visual Function and Macular Morphology by Phacovitrectomy for Epiretinal Membrane

Table 4

Pearson’s correlations (R²) between quantitative fovea parameters in OCT morphotypes of ERM, pre- and postoperative BCVA, and postoperative visual acuity difference with designation of the corresponding significance level ( value). , , and .


OCT morphotypes	Visual acuity	Quantitative fovea parameters
OCT morphotypes	Visual acuity	CFT, µm	CONLT, µm	CINLT, µm	MFT, µm

Group 1, n = 36	Preoperative BCVA	−0,066,	−0,038,	0,084,	−0,091,
	Postoperative BCVA	0,168,	0,149,	−0,021,	0,166,
	Visual acuity difference	0,22,	0,186,	−0,064,	0,231,

Group 2, n = 37	Preoperative BCVA	−0,162,	−0,146,	−0,111,	−0,19,
	Postoperative BCVA	−0,188,	−0,134,	−0,092,	−0,219,
	Visual acuity difference	−0,056,	−0,012,	−0,01,	−0,064,

Group 3, n = 80	Preoperative BCVA	−0,248,	−0,065,	−0,135,	−0,318,
	Postoperative BCVA	−0,066,	−0,136,	0,11,	−0,077,
	Visual acuity difference	0,067,	−0,115,	0,186,	0,102,

Group 4, n = 33	Preoperative BCVA	−0,116,	−0,08,	−0,005,	−0,355,
	Postoperative BCVA	0,045,	0,025,	−0,162,	0,076,
	Visual acuity difference	0,02,	0,013,	−0,192,	0,167,

Group 5, n = 15	Preoperative BCVA	−0,852,	−0,763,	−0,683,	−0,799,
	Postoperative BCVA	−0,604,	−0,534,	−0,466,	−0,687,
	Visual acuity difference	−0,07,	−0,052,	−0,03,	−0,236,

Groups 1–3, n = 153	Preoperative BCVA	−0,218,	−0,163,	−0,112,	−0,254,
	Postoperative BCVA	−0,068,	−0,163,	0,086,	−0,051,
	Visual acuity difference	0,052,	−0,068,	0,15,	0,097,

Groups 4–5, n = 48	Preoperative BCVA	−0,503,	−0,499,	−0,329,	−0,528,
	Postoperative BCVA	−0,259,	−0,27,	−0,189,	−0,413,
	Visual acuity difference	0,087,	0,069,	0,032,	−0,077,

ERM: epiretinal membrane, OCT: optical coherence tomography, BCVA: best-corrected decimal far visual, ONL: outer retinal nuclear layer, INL: inner retinal nuclear layer, IPL: inner plexiform retinal layer, CFT: central foveolar retinal thickness, MFT: maximum foveolar retinal thickness, CONLT: central foveolar ONL thickness, CINLT: central foveolar INL thickness, CIPLT: central foveolar IPL thickness, and n: number of patient eyes.