EVALUATION OF DIABETIC MACULAR OEDEMA WITH SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND FUNDUS FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 16
Abstract
BACKGROUND Macular oedema is an important cause of visual morbidity in Diabetic Retinopathy. It can be assessed by both Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The aims of this study were to evaluate the agreement between morphological features on spectral domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Fluorescein Angiographic leakage patterns in Diabetic Macular Oedema, and to study the correlation between the best corrected visual acuity and central foveal thickness measured by Optical Coherence Tomography. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was an observational study. All patients with Diabetic Macular Oedema underwent complete ophthalmic examination and subjected to FFA and OCT. Presence or absence of macular oedema by FFA and OCT was noted and agreement between two modalities of imaging was assessed. Sensitivity of these modalities were also found out using appropriate statistical methods. Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) measured were converted to LogMAR scale and Central foveal thickness measured by OCT. Linear regression analysis was done with central foveal thickness and LogMAR visual acuity. RESULTS A total of 69 eyes of 39 patients were studied. OCT revealed Diabetic Macular Oedema in 97.5% of eyes. Fundus Fluorescein Angiography performed in these patients identified leakage in 95.6% of eyes. Sensitivity and specificity of FFA and OCT were calculated keeping one as the gold standard for sensitivity and specificity of the other. FFA and OCT had almost equal sensitivity (95.46 for OCT and 96.92 for FFA) for detection of DME. Specificity of OCT was found to be slightly higher (33.33%) compared to FFA (25%). Our results suggest that there is minimal agreement between these two imaging modalities in evaluating DME. Statistically, Kappa value was 0.248. Linear regression analysis showed that central foveal thickness had a significant correlation with visual acuity, with Pearson correlation coefficient r=0.442, p=0, significant at 1% level. r2=0.195. CONCLUSION There is minimal agreement between FFA and OCT in the evaluation of DME. Central foveal thickness correlates to BCVA.
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Mallika Venkitasubramanian, Vaikkakara Sudha
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