Relationship between photoreceptor outer segment length and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema.
Relationship between photoreceptor outer segment length and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema.
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10.1097/iae.0b013e3181bd2c5a
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2010-01
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Ferris FL 3rd
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Forooghian F;Stetson PF;Meyer SA;Chew EY;Wong WT;Cukras C;Meyerle CB;Ferris FL 3rd
To quantify photoreceptor outer segment (PROS) length in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), and to describe the correlation between PROS length and visual acuity in this group of patients. Prospective study. Twenty-seven consecutive patients (30 eyes) with DME. Three SD-OCT scans were performed on all eyes during each session using Cirrus™ HD-OCT. A prototype algorithm was developed for quantitative assessment of PROS length. Retinal thicknesses and PROS lengths were calculated for three parameters; macular grid (6mm × 6mm), central subfield (1mm), and center foveal point (0.33mm). Intrasession repeatability was assessed using coefficient of variation (CVW) and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Association between retinal thickness and PROS length with visual acuity was assessed using linear regression and Pearson correlation analyses. Intrasession repeatability of macular parameters, and correlation of these parameters with visual acuity. Mean retinal thickness and PROS length were 298-381 μm and 30-32 μm, respectively, for macular parameters assessed in this study. CVW values were 0.75-4.13% for retinal thickness, and 1.97-14.01% for PROS length. ICC values were 0.96-0.99 and 0.73-0.98 for retinal thickness and PROS length, respectively. Slopes from linear regression analyses assessing the association of retinal thickness and visual acuity were not significantly different from zero (p>0.20), whereas the slopes of PROS length and visual acuity were significantly different from zero (p<0.0005). Correlation coefficients for macular thickness and visual acuity ranged from 0.13 to 0.22, while coefficients for PROS length and visual acuity ranged from -0.61 to -0.81. PROS length can be quantitatively assessed using Cirrus™ HD-OCT. Although the intrasession repeatability of PROS measurements was less than that of macular thickness measurements, the stronger correlation of PROS length with visual acuity suggests that PROS measures may be more directly related to visual function. PROS length may be a useful physiologic outcome measure, both clinically and as a direct assessment of treatment effects.