Edward Barayev - research works

All eyes exhibited neovascular flow signal on OCTA images.

Nineteen eyes (95%) showed flat-irregular pigment epithelium detachment (flat irregular pigment epithelium detachment [FIPED]).

Subretinal fluid (SRF) was detected in 90% of patients with no intraretinal fluid.

Membranes were mostly located at the subfoveal area (65%).

Mean age was 86.72 ± 7.18.

Third of the patients improved in ≥2 lines from presentation, all in the group of the pneumatic and TPA displacement.

The study included 68 eyes of 58 patients.

Among them, 24 eyes were treatment-naïve, and the remaining eyes had received a mean of 19.6 injections.

Immature lesions were more associated with treatment-naïve eyes and hyper-mature lesions were associated with previously treated eyes (p = 0.005).

Vascular density of the neovascular membrane was higher in the treatment-naïve group (p = 0.036) and the average MNV area was similar between the 2 groups (p = 0.683).

The most common indications for surgery in the NPDR group were ERM (67%) and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (12.5%), while in the PDR group, indications were vitreous hemorrhage (56%) and tractional retinal detachment (19%).

There were no statistically significant differences in intra- and postoperative complication rates between the NPDR and PDR groups, even after adjusting for confounders; patient age at surgery and indication for surgery.