Predicting macular hole closure with ocriplasmin based on spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

PurposeTo assess the preoperative features of patients with idiopathic macular hole (IMH) and vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) treated with ocriplasmin (OCP) that can predict successful closure.MethodData were prospectively collected on all patients with IMH treated with OCP in three British ophthalmic centres. Several preoperative variables were recorded including the IMH base diameter (BD), minimum linear diameter (MLD), and VMA width measured on spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Several other IMH indices were derived including a 'width factor', defined as the BD minus the MLD in µm. The occurrence of VMA release and hole closure were used as the main outcome measures.ResultsThirty-three patients in total with IMH were treated with OCP. Two patients developed rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and were excluded. The mean age of the remaining 31 patients was 71 years, and 71% were female. VMA release occurred in 19 of the 31 (61%) patients and macular hole closure in 11 (35%). Width factor was the most predictive feature for closure on multivariate analysis. The deviance R(2) was 67% (P<0.001). An IMH with a width factor of <60 µm had a 95% certainty of closure, whereas if >290 µm then there was less than a 5% chance of closure. Neither VMA width nor MLD alone was associated with VMA release or closure.ConclusionsPatients with macular holes where the BD was close in size to the MLD had an improved probability of closure than holes with wider base configurations.

Wide-field imaging and OCT vs clinical evaluation of patients referred from diabetic retinopathy screening.

PURPOSE: Compare wide-field Optomap imaging and optical coherence tomography (OCT) with clinical examination in diabetic retinopathy (DR). METHODS: Patients referred from Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes to three centres underwent dilated ophthalmoscopy and were assigned a DR grade. Wide-field colour imaging and OCT were then examined by the same clinician at that visit and a combined grade was assigned. Independent graders later reviewed the images and assigned an imaging-only grade. These three grades (clinical, combined, and imaging) were compared. The method that detected the highest grade of retinopathy, including neovascularisation, was determined. RESULTS: Two thousand and forty eyes of 1023 patients were assessed. Wide-field imaging compared with clinical examination had a sensitivity and specificity of 73% and 96%, respectively, for detecting proliferative DR, 84% and 69% for sight-threatening DR, and 64% and 90% for diabetic macular oedema. Imaging alone found 35 more eyes with new vessels (19% of eyes with new vessels) and the combined grade found 14 more eyes than clinical examination alone. CONCLUSIONS: Assessment of wide-field images and OCT alone detected more eyes with higher grades of DR compared with clinical examination alone or when combined with imaging in a clinical setting. The sensitivity was not higher as the techniques were not the same, with imaging alone being more sensitive. Wide-field imaging with OCT could be used to assess referrals from DR screening to determine management, to enhance the quality of assessment in clinics, and to follow-up patients whose DR is above the screening referral threshold but does not actually require treatment.