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Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Macular Oedema

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Summary

The introduction of OCT for the clinical examination of the macula has opened up several new avenues in the diagnosis and monitoring of cystoid macular oedema. This novel technique has become of particular importance in the assessment of diabetic macular oedema and of macular oedema associated both with age-related macular degeneration and with vitreomacular traction syndromes. It has added new diagnostic criteria as well as more objective data both to make informed therapeutic decisions and to monitor macular oedema after applied treatment.

Novel technologies such as ultrahigh-resolution OCT, which uses a titanium-sapphire laser light source, may play an important role in the future by providing much needed increased image resolution of up to 3 μm. This technology will be particularly useful in the exact localization of subfoveal or sub-RPE choroidal neovascular membranes with important consequences for their medical or surgical management.

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  • Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Retinal Pigment Epithelium
  • Macular Hole
  • Diabetic Macular Oedema
  • Retinal Thickness

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    Hana Abouzeid MD & Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas J. Wolfensberger

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Straβe 2, 53127, Bonn, Germany

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    Richard F. Spaide MD (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Ophthalmology)

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Abouzeid, H., Wolfensberger, T.J. (2005). Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Macular Oedema. In: Holz, F.G., Spaide, R.F. (eds) Medical Retina. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27272-0_1

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