The patients who are diagnosed with idiopathic epiretinal membrane and scheduled to undergo epiretinal membrane removal will be treated with conventional vitrectomy and the epiretinal membrane will be removed. After removal of the epiretinal membrane, indocyanine green staining will be used to determine the internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeled off with the epiretinal membrane. (Group 1: spontaneous ILM peeling) If it is confirmed that the internal limiting membrane is not peeled together, the investigators determine whether the active Internal limiting membrane peeling is performed by 1:1 randomization immediately during surgery. (Group 2: Active ILM peeling, Group 3: no ILM peeling) The outcomes of the three groups will be compared.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
135
After removal of the epiretinal membrane, indocyanine green staining will be used to determine the internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeled off with the epiretinal membrane. (Group 1: spontaneous ILM peeling) If it is confirmed that the internal limiting membrane is not peeled together, the investigators determine whether the active Internal limiting membrane peeling is performed by 1:1 randomization immediately during surgery. (Group 2: Active ILM peeling, Group 3: no ILM peeling) The outcomes of the three groups will be compared.
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
Epiretinal membrane recurrence
Recurrence of the epiretinal membrane after the surgery
Time frame: 12 months after the surgery
Best-corrected visual acuity
Time frame: 12 months after the surgery
M-chart
Time frame: 12 months after the surgery
Aniseikonia
Time frame: 12 months after the surgery
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