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Patients with intraretinal cystoid changes before scheduled membrane peeling for epiretinal membranes are included. Patients are randomized for balanced salt solution (BSS) or air-tamponade.
Patients with intraretinal cystoid changes before scheduled membrane peeling for epiretinal membranes are included. 23G-pars plana vitrectomy with membrane peeling is performed in all patients. Before surgery patients are randomized for BSS or air-tamponade. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is performed 5 days after and 3 months after surgery, visual acuity is measured 3 months after surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| BSS arm | Active Comparator | BSS is given at the end of surgery |
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| air arm | Experimental | air-tamponade is given at the end of surgery |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| air arm | Procedure | epiretinal membranes are excised during membrane peeling and air-tamponade is left in the eye |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| resorption of intraretinal cystoid changes after surgery | occurrence of intraretinal cystoid changes will be diagnosed by OCT | 3 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Oliver Findl, Prof | VIROS at Hanuschkrankenhaus Vienna | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| VIROS - Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgers - Departement of Opthalmology - Hanusch Hospital | Vienna | 1140 | Austria |
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| ID | Term |
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| D019773 | Epiretinal Membrane |
| ID | Term |
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| D012164 | Retinal Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
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| BSS arm | Procedure | epiretinal membranes are excised during membrane Peeling and BSS is left in the eye |
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