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Nur Acar

**6.3. Surgical prognosis**

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same with no recurrent ERM observed during 5 years of follow-up.

Following ERM removal increase in VA of two or more lines in 60–85% of cases 6–12 months postoperatively with around 50% gaining a VA of 20/50 or better [36]. The mean preoperative and postoperative VA has been reported to be 20/110 and 20/55 [37]. This data were a

**Figure 8.** (a) SD-OCT image of a 73-year-old female presented with visual blurring and metamorphopsia with a VA of 0.6 shows a tightly adherent hyperreflective layer of ERM on the macula. The central retinal thickness is increased with traction on the fovea causing intraretinal cystic changes seen as hyporeflective spaces in the inner retina. The outer retinal layers are intact. The symptomatic patient underwent vitrectomy with ERM and ILM peeling. (b) SD-OCT at postoperative month 1 shows normal retinal architecture with normal retinal thickness. There is small depression on the superior side. The patient's metamorphopsia decreased with a VA of 1.0. (c) SD-OCT image at postoperative year 5 is the

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School of Medicine, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Maslak Hospital, Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
