Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine
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Item Choroidal Vascularity Index Changes in Different Treatments for Vitreomacular Traction(2023) Ercan, Zeynep Eylul; Gokgoz, Gulsah; Akkoyun, Imren; Yilmaz, Gursel; 0000-0002-2860-7424; 37572736; AAK-7713-2021Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine if choroidal vascularity index (CVI) is different in eyes with unilateral vitreomacular traction (VMT) from their healthy fellow eyes; and whether different treatments affect the CVI. Methods: The baseline and 8-week post treatment CVIs of 56 unilateral VMT patients that underwent spontaneous resolution (n = 30), vitreoretinal surgery (n = 16) or pneumatic vitreolysis (n = 10) were compared with fellow eyes using paired samples t-test. Partial correlation analyses correcting age and gender was used for calculations between treatment groups. P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The mean baseline CVI for VMT and control eyes had no statistically significant difference (p = 0.81, r= -0.38). The post traction release follow-up CVI of VMT eyes and contralateral eyes had no significant difference (p = 0.12, r = 0.49). In spontaneous resolution group, vitreoretinal surgery group and pneumatic vitreolysis group the baseline and follow up CVIs of VMT eyes were statistically similar (p = 0.72, p = 0.32 and p = 0.79 respectively).Spontaneous detachment patients' CVIs showed a 0.57 +/- 5.81% increase, vitreoretinal surgery group had a reduction of 1.098 +/- 4.76%, and the pneumatic vitreolysis patients showed a CVI reduction of 0.307 +/- 4.24%. However, none of these changes was found to be statistically significant when compared between the groups (p = 0.21, r = 0.02). Discussion: Previous studies have argued that vitreomacular traction might have a role on the choroidal changes seen in the vitreoretinal interface disorders. This study has shown that VMT alone does not cause any significant changes in choroidal vascular index pre or post traction release.Item Refractive Outcome Comparison Between Vitreomacular Interface Disorders After Phacovitrectomy(2017) Ercan, Zeynep Eylul; Akkoyun, Imren; Pinarci, Eylem Yaman; Yilmaz, Gursel; Topcu, Hulya; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2860-7424; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2589-7294; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5259-0204; 10.1016/j.jcrs.2017.06.034; AAK-7713-2021; AAK-6987-2021Purpose: To compare the refractive accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations between patients with vitreomacular interface disorders who had phacovitrectomy for vitreomacular traction (VMT), epiretinal membranes (ERM), and macular holes. Setting: Baskent University Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey. Design: Retrospective case series. Methods: Refraction results 8 weeks postoperatively were compared between phacovitrectomy (3 study groups comprising eyes with VMT with intrafoveal pseudocysts, ERM, or medium-to-large macular holes) and phacoemulsification (control group comprising eyes having phacoemulsification only). The IOLMaster 700 partial coherence interferometry (PCI) device and Haigis formula were used for all calculations. Results: This study included 100 eyes (100 patients), 25 in each of the 4 groups. There was no statistically significant difference in axial length (AL) between the groups (P = .305). Differences in the pre-operative macular thickness were statistically significant between all groups except between the macular hole and VMT groups. Most eyes (92%) in the VMT and macular hole groups and all eyes in the VMT and phacoemulsification groups achieved a final refraction within +/- 1.00 diopter of the refractive aim. The mean prediction error and the mean absolute error did not differ significantly between the groups. In all groups, there was no significant correlation between prediction error and age, AL, preoperative refractive error, or preoperative or postoperative macular thickness (P > .05). Conclusions: The IOL power calculation with PCI yielded no difference in postoperative refraction errors between the vitreomacular interface disorders. There was no correlation with preoperative refraction, age, or preoperative or postoperative macular thickness. (c) 2017 ASCRS and ESCRSItem Structural Analysis of the Retina and Choroid before and after Carotid Artery Surgery(2019) Bayar, Sezin Akca; Ozturker, Zeynep Kayaarasi; Pinarci, Eylem Yaman; Ercan, Zeynep Eylul; Akay, Hakki Tankut; Yilmaz, Gursel; 0000-0002-9915-3781; 31507205; AAQ-3136-2020Purpose: To evaluate retinal and choroidal changes in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis who had undergone carotid artery stenting or endarterectomy. Methods: The study included 43 patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis that required stenting or endarterectomy and 40 healthy controls. Patients were divided into two groups according to the degree of stenosis evaluated by magnetic resonance angiography. Group 1 consisted of patients having ICA stenosis of 50 to 70%, and Group 2 has more than 70%. Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) was used to measure the retinal thickness (RT) and choroidal thickness (CT) in all subjects before surgery and at 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery. Results: Subfoveal and parafoveal CT were significantly lower in patients with ICA stenosis than the control group (p < .05, respectively). Patients with 50-70% stenosis had a significant increase in the CT at 1, 3, and 6 months after ICA stenting or endarterectomy (p < .05). Patients with >%70 stenosis did not have a significant increase in the CT at any time after ICA stenting or endarterectomy. Retinal thickness was not statistically different between the patients with ICA stenosis and the control subjects, and RT showed no significant change in patients with ICA stenosis before and after the surgery. Conclusion: Choroidal thickness was significantly thinner in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis. ICA stenting provided a recovery in the choroidal thickness in patients with moderate to advanced stenosis.