PATIENTS WITH EPIRETINAL MEMBRANES DISPLAY RETROGRADE MACULOPATHY AFTER SURGICAL PEELING OF THE INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE

摘要

Purpose: Intraretinal cystoid spaces are commonly found after surgical peeling of epiretinal membranes. In this study, we explored whether these cysts were associated with ganglion cell loss and thus might be a manifestation of retrograde maculopathy. The latter is a nonvascular edema with a characteristic morphology that is often found in the inner nuclear layer (INL) of patients with optic neuropathy.