Agreement between optical coherence tomography and fundus fluorescein angiography in post-cataract surgery cystoid macular edema
Arq. bras. oftalmol
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66(6): 771-774, nov.-dez. 2003. ilus, tab
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Purpose:
To evaluate the agreement between optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) regarding the detection of cystoid macular edema (CME) following cataract surgery.Methods:
Retrospective comparative observational series of 25 eyes with suspected CME. Patients with low visual acuity and alterations in fundus biomicros-copy after cataract surgery underwent OCT scanning followed by FFA on the same visit. The diagnosis of CME was established considering fluo-rescein leakage on FFA and retinal thickness andor cystoid spaces and/ or subretinal fluid on OCT.Results:
Twenty-five eyes of 25 patients were enrolled. Twenty-two eyes had similar results on both OCT and FFA, of which 15 eyes had CME and 7 eyes had no CME. Two eyes had CME detected only by FFA and one eye only by OCT. The agreement between the two examinations was good (Kappa = 0.7331; p=0.0001) with no tendency to have neither more positive nor negative findings (p=1.0).Conclusion:
According to these preliminary data, OCT seems to be as effective as FFA to detect CME with a good agreement between the two techniques.
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Main subject:
Fluorescein Angiography
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Tomography
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Cataract Extraction
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Macular Edema
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Arq. bras. oftalmol
Journal subject:
Ophthalmology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR
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