The application of optical coherence tomography scan in retinal detachment surgery
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the efficacy of applying optical coherence tomography ( OCT) in retinal detachment surgery.Methods The surgery was performed by using scleral buckling ±cerclage on 50 eyes of 50 pa-tients with macular-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment .The submacular fluid height and foveal retinal thickness were measured by OCT examination before surgery and at 1 week, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the surgery .Results The average submacular fluid height decreased from (735.88 ±532.86 )μm to (150.54 ±188.43 )μm postoperative-ly(t=7.3231,P <0.05) with a follow-up ranged from 13 to 21(16.26 ±2.59)months .The averages of foveal reti-nal thickness were (132.12 ±56.89 )μm and (109.18 ±40.93 )μm respectively, before and 1 w after the operation (t=2.3142, P<0.05).Retinal reattachment was found in 47 cases(94.0%) 1 w after the surgery under ophthal-moscope examination and the submacular fluid was totally absorbed in 15 cases(30.0%).As a result, 33 cases (66.0%) got rid of blindness(the best-corrected visual acuity ≥0.05).OCT showed that no foveal fluid was found in 47 cases(94.0%) 12 months after the operation and 48 cases(96.0%) got rid of blindness.Conclusion OCT can quantitatively measure the submacular fluid height of central macular , objectively evaluate the effects of retinal detachment surgery and provide the evidences for the postoperative treatment .
Keywords：Optical coherence tomography (OCT)Retinal detachment
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 711-714 )