Epiretinal Membranes in Uveitic Macular Edema: Effect on Vision and Response to Therapy

Purpose To evaluate the effects of epiretinal membranes on the response of uveitic macular edema to therapy and on visual acuity outcomes. Design Retrospective case series. Methods One hundred four eyes of 77 patients with uveitic macular edema were identified at a tertiary care center. Epiretinal membranes were diagnosed when identified by 2 investigators' grading of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and scored for the presence or absence of surface wrinkling. Outcomes included best-corrected visual acuity, central subfield thickness, and rates of macular edema improvement (>20% reduction in central subfield thickness) and resolution (reduction of central subfield thickness to