Jordan L Heffez, MD

CONTACT

Anita Austin

CONTACT

Lead Sponsor

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Collaborators

Age

19 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

•Epiretinal membrane with associated macular thickening or cystoid macular edema present;
•ETDRS best corrected visual acuity 20/50 or worse attributed to the effects of the epiretinal membrane;
•Pars plana vitrectomy/membrane peel planned for treatment of the epiretinal membrane;
•Patients older than 19 years of age;
•No co-existent retina pathology or optic neuropathy that may influence the visual field.

•Patient unwilling or unable to provide informed consent;
•Co-existing retina pathology (proliferative diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, central/branch retinal artery occlusion, ERM secondary to trauma, prior surgery for ERM);
•Co-existing lenticular opacity;
•Optic neuropathy causing a pre-existing visual field defect involving the central 10 degrees of vision.