Five-year cumulative incidence and progression of epiretinal membranes: The Blue Mountains eye study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-40

  Fraser Bell, Samantha ^b   Guzowski, Magdalena ^b   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOLD; STEREORADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA;

EID: 0037226663     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01443-4     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Appiah AP, Hirose T. Secondary causes of premacular fibrosis. Ophthalmology 1989;96:389-92.
2. Margherio RM. Epiretinal macular membranes. In: Albert DM, Jakobiec FA, eds. Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology: Clinical Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1994; v. 2, chap. 74.
3. Lobes LA Jr, Burton TC. The incidence of macular pucker after retinal detachment surgery. Am J Ophthalmol 1978;85: 72-7.
4. Kraushar MF, Morse PH. The relationship between retina surgery and preretinal macular fibrosis. Ophthalmic Surg 1988;19:843-8.
5. Jahn CE, Minich V, Moldaschel S, et al. Epiretinal membranes after extracapsular cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 2001;27:753-60.
6. Wise GN. Relationship of idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis to posterior vitreous detachment. Am J Ophthalmol 1975; 79:358-62.
7. Wiznia RA. Posterior vitreous detachment and idiopathic preretinal macular gliosis. Am J Ophthalmol 1986;102:196-8.
8. Hirokawa H, Jalkh AE, Takahashi M, et al. Role of the vitreous in idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis. Am J Ophthalmol 1986;101:166-9.
9. Smiddy WE, Maguire AM, Green WR, et al. Idiopathic epiretinal membranes. Ultrastructural characteristics and clinicopathologic correlation. Ophthalmology 1989;96:811-20; discussion 821.
10. Tanenbaum HL, Schepens CL, Elzeneiny I, Freeman HM. Macular pucker following retinal detachment surgery. Arch Ophthalmol 1970;83:286-93.
11. Wiznia RA. Natural history of idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis. Ann Ophthalmol 1982;14:876-8.
12. Appiah AP, Hirose T, Kado M. A review of 324 cases of idiopathic premacular gliosis. Am J Ophthalmol 1988;106: 533-5.
13. Sponsel WE, Kaufman PL, Blum FG Jr. Association of retinal capillary perfusion with visual status during chronic glaucoma therapy. Ophthalmology 1997;104:1026-32.
14. Ciulla TA, Pesavento RD. Epiretinal fibrosis. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1997;28:670-9.
15. Pearlstone AD. The incidence of idiopathic preretinal macular gliosis. Ann Ophthalmol 1985;17:378-80.
16. Pournaras CJ, Donati G, Brazitikos PD, et al. Macular epiretinal membranes. Semin Ophthalmol 2000;15:100-7.
17. Wise GN. Clinical features of idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis. Schoenberg Lecture. Am J Ophthalmol 1975;79:349-7.
18. Roth AM, Foos RY. Surface wrinkling retinopathy in eyes enucleated at autopsy. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1971;75:1047-58.
19. Klein R, Klein BEK, Wang Q, Moss SE. The epidemiology of epiretinal membranes. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1994;92: 403-25; discussion 425-30.
20. Mitchell P, Smith W, Chey T, et al. Prevalence and associations of epiretinal membranes. The Blue Mountains Eye Study, Australia. Ophthalmology 1997;104:1033-40.
21. Mitchell P, Smith W, Attebo K, Wang JJ. Prevalence of age-related maculopathy in Australia. The Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmology 1995;102:1450-60.
22. Attebo K, Mitchell P, Smith W. Visual acuity and the causes of visual loss in Australia. The Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmology 1996;103:357-64.
23. Klein R, Davis MD, Magli YL, et al. The Wisconsin age-related maculopathy grading system. Ophthalmology 1991;98: 1128-34.
24. Smith W, Mitchell P, Wang JJ. Gender, oestrogen, hormone replacement and age-related macular degeneration: results from the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1997;25(suppl 1):S13-5.
25. Zeger SL, Liang KY, Albert PS. Models for longitudinal data: a generalized estimating equation approach [published erratum appears in Biometrics 1989;45:347]. Biometrics 1988;44: 1049-60.
26. Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Smith W, Cumming RG. Bilateral involvement by age related maculopathy lesions in a population. Br J Ophthalmol 1998;82:743-7.