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Abstract #76423 Published in IGR 19-3
Topical prostaglandin analogues and development of epiretinal membrane
Giambruni JM; Pagano C; Ortiz Basso T; Burchakchi AI; Pozzoni MC; Diamint DV; Challiol CF; Gossn G; Boietti BArchivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia 2018; 93: 169-173
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether patients with glaucoma and epiretinal membrane (ERM) use a greater proportion of prostaglandin analogues (PA) than a control group of patients with glaucoma without ERM. METHOD: A retrospective study of cases and controls was conducted in order to determine whether patients with glaucoma and ERM used a greater proportion of PA than a control group of patients with glaucoma without ERM. The diagnosis of de ERM was made by clinical examination and optical coherence tomography. RESULTS: The mean age of the cases was 77 years (SD: 8.68; 95% CI: 74.3-79.4), compared to the controls with 63 years (SD: 16.6; 95% CI: 70.1-78.5). The cases included 50% (n=26) men and 50% women (n=26), whereas in the controls 25.4% (n=16) of the cases were men and 74.6% (n=47) women. PA treatment was used in 59.6% (n=31) and 60.3% (n=38) of the cases and controls, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in PA use between the 2groups (P=.939). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, an association between the use of AP and the development of ERM could not be demonstrated.
Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: juangiambruni@gmail.com.
Full articleClassification:
11.4 Prostaglandins (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)
