TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional outcome of macular edema in different retinal disorders
AU - Tomkins-Netzer, Oren
AU - Ismetova, Filis
AU - Bar, Asaf
AU - Seguin-Greenstein, Sophie
AU - Kramer, Michal
AU - Lightman, Sue
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Macular edema accompanies many ocular pathologies, affecting visual function and is an important factor in treatment decisions and disease outcome. Though visual acuity is commonly used to evaluate patient vision it does not always provide a complete estimate of their visual abilities or reflect their own visual perception. Furthermore, different pathologies result in macular edema causing a variable effect on visual function, related to the rate of fluid accumulation and accompanying ocular changes. Use of complementary visual function tests, such as retinal contrast sensitivity on microperimetry and reading speed provide additional information that can be used to evaluate patients and assist in treatment choices. Here we explore the effect of macular edema on visual function in different retinal pathologies, namely diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion and uveitis, examine its influence on the various vision tests and discuss the factors underlying this variable response.
AB - Macular edema accompanies many ocular pathologies, affecting visual function and is an important factor in treatment decisions and disease outcome. Though visual acuity is commonly used to evaluate patient vision it does not always provide a complete estimate of their visual abilities or reflect their own visual perception. Furthermore, different pathologies result in macular edema causing a variable effect on visual function, related to the rate of fluid accumulation and accompanying ocular changes. Use of complementary visual function tests, such as retinal contrast sensitivity on microperimetry and reading speed provide additional information that can be used to evaluate patients and assist in treatment choices. Here we explore the effect of macular edema on visual function in different retinal pathologies, namely diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion and uveitis, examine its influence on the various vision tests and discuss the factors underlying this variable response.
KW - Best corrected visual acuity
KW - Macular edema
KW - Microperimetry
KW - Reading speed
KW - Retinal contrast sensitivity
KW - Vision loss
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U2 - 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.05.002
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C2 - 26014685
AN - SCOPUS:84939251635
SN - 1350-9462
VL - 48
SP - 119
EP - 136
JO - Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
JF - Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
ER -