Clinical Outcomes of Minimal Exposure to Indocyanine Green-Assisted Peeling of the Internal Limiting Membrane.

Chung, Hee Young; Sohn, Gi Sung; Lee, Kyung Min; Hwang, Duck Jin; Sohn, Joon Hong; Park, Young Sook

doi:2015.56.10.1572

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 56(10); 2015 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2015;56(10):1572-1579.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2015.56.10.1572 Published online October 15, 2015.

Clinical Outcomes of Minimal Exposure to Indocyanine Green-Assisted Peeling of the Internal Limiting Membrane.

Hee Young Chung, Gi Sung Sohn, Kyung Min Lee, Duck Jin Hwang, Joon Hong Sohn, Young Sook Park

Hangil Eye Hospital, Incheon, Korea. Parkys73@lycos.co.kr

내경계막제거술 시 인도시아닌그린 최소 노출 후 임상양상

정희영⋅손지성⋅이경민⋅황덕진⋅손준홍⋅박영숙

한길안과병원

Received: 23 January 2015 • Revised: 29 May 2015 • Accepted: 14 August 2015

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the clinical outcomes of epiretinal membrane (ERM) surgery with minimal exposure to indocyanine green (ICG) dye-assisted internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling compared with no ICG dye. METHODS: We divided 33 eyes with ERM treated by vitrectomy into 2 groups. ICG dye was used in the first group of 18 eyes (ICG group) but not in the second group of 15 eyes (no dye [ND] group). In the ICG group, 0.25% diluted ICG dye was injected into the fluid-filled eye and removed with a back-flushing needle after 3-5 seconds to peel ILM. Value changes in several parameters including visual acuity, central macular thickness, Humphrey automated kinetic perimetric analysis, and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness were followed up and compared according to ICG dye use. RESULTS: No differences were found between the 2 groups in terms of visual acuity, central macular thickness, and peripapillary RNFL thickness preoperatively and at 6 months postoperatively (p = 0.125 for visual acuity, p = 0.734 for central macular thickness, p = 0.615 for RNFL thickness). Six months after surgery, no significant increase was found in any region of visual field in the ICG group (p = 0.392). The visual field was significantly increased in the superior region in the ND group (p = 0.042). The RNFL thickness in the temporal quadrant was significantly reduced at 6 months postoperatively compared to baseline values in both groups (p = 0.011 for ICG group, p = 0.042 for ND group). CONCLUSIONS: ICG dye-assisted ILM peeling does not aggravate clinical outcomes of ERM surgery in terms of visual acuity, central macular thickness, visual fields, or RNFL thickness and can be safely utilized with proper techniques.

Key Words: Epiretinal membrane;Indocyanine green;Visual field