Preoperative central macular thickness as a risk factor for pseudophakic macular edema.

PURPOSE: This study aims to determine whether elevated central macular thickness (CMT) before uncomplicated cataract surgery may be a risk factor for developing cystic macular edema (CMEs) as measured by Cirrus-OCT and defined as the presence of macular intraretinal cysts. METHODS: A prospective study in Hospital Universitario Poniente, Almeria, Spain, where 379 patients were included for optical coherence tomography (OCT) before cataract surgery, the following day, at 1 month and at 3 months and the presence of macular intraretinal cysts assessed by OCT. Patients with known risk factors for developing CME and patients who developed major surgical complications were excluded. RESULTS: One hundred seventy-nine patients completed the study. The pre-surgical CMT was 257.75 (20.60) µm measured by Cirrus-OCT. After 1 month, there was an average increase in CMT of 277.86 (45.29) µm, and this increase in thickness decreased after 3 months to an average value of 267.86 (20.17) µm. There were 10.34% of patients with cysts in some of the controls after surgery. This study proposes a binary logistic model to predict the presence of CME depending on the pre-surgery CMT. The cut-off point was 260.5 µm. CONCLUSION: Patients with pre-surgical macular thickness > 260.5 µm measured by Cirrus- OCT before cataract surgery, no known risk factors for developing CME and no major surgical complications presented 9.08 times more probability to develop macular intraretinal cysts after uncomplicated cataract surgery.

Actualización de la retinopatía diabética para médicos de atención primaria: hacia una mejora de la medicina telemática / Update of diabetic retinopathy for Primary Care physicians: Towards an improvement of telematic medicine

La retinopatía diabética (RD) está considerada como la causa más frecuente de ceguera en la población activa en países industrializados. El edema macular diabético es la causa más frecuente de disminución de la agudeza visual en los diabéticos. De acuerdo con los resultados de los grandes estudios multicéntricos, la prevención de la ceguera por RD pasa por la realización de revisiones periódicas del fondo de ojo de los pacientes diabéticos de manera que puedan ser tratadas a tiempo. El uso de cámaras no midriáticas y la telemedicina han demostrado ser útiles para este fin (sensibilidad > 80% y especificidad > 90%). Si se sigue este método, la primera retinografía debería realizarse a los 5 años del diagnóstico en los diabéticos tipo 1 y en el momento del diagnóstico en los diabéticos tipo 2. Por tanto, el papel del médico de atención primaria es fundamental para la detección precoz de esta enfermedad (AU)

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is considered the most common cause of blindness in the working-age population in industrialised countries, with diabetic macular oedema being the most common reason of decreased visual acuity in diabetics. According to the results of large multicentre studies, blindness prevention for RD involves conducting periodic check-ups, which include examinations of the back of the eye, so they can be treated in time. The use of non-mydriatic cameras and telemedicine have been shown to be useful in this regard (sensitivity > 80% and specificity > 90%). If this procedure is followed, the first retinography should be performed 5 years from diagnosis in type 1 diabetics and immediately after diagnosis in type 2 diabetics. Therefore the role of the Primary Care physician is crucial to enable early diagnosis of this disease (AU)

[Update of diabetic retinopathy for Primary Care physicians: Towards an improvement of telematic medicine]. / Actualización de la retinopatía diabética para médicos de atención primaria: hacia una mejora de la medicina telemática.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is considered the most common cause of blindness in the working-age population in industrialised countries, with diabetic macular oedema being the most common reason of decreased visual acuity in diabetics. According to the results of large multicentre studies, blindness prevention for RD involves conducting periodic check-ups, which include examinations of the back of the eye, so they can be treated in time. The use of non-mydriatic cameras and telemedicine have been shown to be useful in this regard (sensitivity>80% and specificity>90%). If this procedure is followed, the first retinography should be performed 5 years from diagnosis in type 1 diabetics and immediately after diagnosis in type 2 diabetics. Therefore the role of the Primary Care physician is crucial to enable early diagnosis of this disease.