Retinal Adherence and Fibrillary Surface Changes Correlate With Surgical Difficulty of Epiretinal Membrane Removal

To correlate surgical difficulty of epiretinal membrane (ERM) removal with characteristics of ERM adherence seen by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).Prospective observational case series.Surgical difficulty was correlated with extent of ERM adherence by SD-OCT using masked observers in consecutive eyes undergoing ERM removal (N=31). Surgical videos were analyzed and difficulty of ERM removal (grade 1-3) was determined in 4...