Associations Between Macular Findings by Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Outcomes After Epiretinal Membrane Removal

Photoreceptor disruption detected by OCT was found to be a predictor of poor visual outcome in eyes with idiopathic ERM, and it was found that this disruption may be irreversible. Thus, early membrane removals may beneficially prevent further progression of photoreceptor damage in ERM patients with photoreceptor disruption.