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Multimodal Volumetric Retinal Imaging by Oblique Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy (oSLO) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Published on: August 4, 2018
Patient selection for macular translocation surgery using the scanning laser ophthalmoscope
Gildo Y Fujii1, Eugene de Juan, Janet Sunness
1Doheny Retina Institute at the Doheny Eye Center, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California. Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Objectives:
To evaluate the use of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) as a predictor for potential visual improvement in eyes with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) undergoing limited macular translocation.
Design:
Retrospective noncomparative case series.
Participants:
Consecutive series of 71 eyes of 70 patients with subfoveal CNV secondary to AMD that underwent effective and uncomplicated limited macular translocation at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute.
Methods:
Evaluation of the fundus microperimetry and fixation pattern was conducted on all patients using the Rodenstock scanning laser ophthalmoscope (G. Rodenstock Instrument GmbH, Munich, Germany) within 72 hours before surgery.
Main Outcome Measures:
Sensitivity and specificity in addition to positive and negative predictive values of SLO findings for visual outcome after macular translocation.
Results:
Stable fixation presented the highest positive predictive value for visual acuity equal to or better than 20/100 (30 of 33 = 0.91), and predominantly eccentric fixation had the highest negative predictive value for visual acuity worse than 20/100 (7 of 9 = 0.78). Sensitivity was higher for the presence of predominantly central fixation (42 of 48 = 0.87), and specificity was higher for relatively unstable/unstable fixation (20 of 23 = 0.87).
Conclusions:
Eyes with stable and central fixation (without dense central scotoma) good preoperative visual acuity, and short length of symptoms are those with the greatest chance to achieve good vision after macular translocation. The knowledge of the fixation and microperimetry pattern enables better understanding of the macular function in eyes with AMD and may be useful for evaluation of baseline retinal cell viability. Incorporation of these testing modalities may help to optimize patient selection for macular translocation or other future techniques aimed at rescuing photoreceptors.
