フジワラ アツシ   Atsushi Fujiwara
  藤原 篤之
   所属   川崎医療福祉大学  リハビリテーション学部 視能療法学科
   職種   講師
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Efficacy of vitrectomy and inner limiting membrane peeling in age-related macular degeneration resistant to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, with vitreomacular traction or epiretinal membrane.
掲載誌名 正式名:Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
略  称:Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
ISSNコード:1435702X/0721832X
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 254(9),pp.1731-1736
著者・共著者 Kimura Shuhei, Morizane Yuki, Toshima Shinji, Hosogi Mika, Kumase Fumiaki, Hosokawa Mio, Shiode Yusuke, Fujiwara Atsushi, Shiraga Fumio
発行年月 2016/09
概要 PURPOSE:We assessed the efficacy of vitrectomy and inner limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, followed by anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, anti-VEGF-resistant age-related macular degeneration (AMD) due to vitreomacular traction (VMT) or epiretinal membrane (ERM).METHODS:We identified six patients with anti-VEGF-resistant AMD due to VMT or ERM amongst a total of 588 patients with AMD (821 eyes) referred to Okayama University Hospital between February 2012 and May 2014. These patients underwent vitrectomy to release the VMT (4 cases) or remove the ERM (2 cases), along with ILM peeling. The regimen used for intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF reagents after surgery was based on the severity of exudative changes in each patient. Preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) measurements were compared.RESULTS:After vitrectomy and ILM peeling, all six patients responded to anti-VEGF therapy, which was then able to maintain dry retinas. Mean BCVA did not improve significantly (0.49 ± 0.28 before vs. 0.43 ± 0.38 after surgery, P = 0.538). However, mean CR was significantly decreased after surgery, from 423 ± 83.5 μm to 257 ± 75.8 μm (P = 0.0078).CONCLUSIONS:Vitrectomy and ILM peeling followed by anti-VEGF therapy may be a useful therapeutic option for anti-VEGF-resistant AMD with VMT or ERM.
DOI 10.1007/s00417-016-3314-1
PMID 26951250