Finite Element Analysis of the Epiretinal Membrane Contraction

The epiretinal membrane is a thin sheet of fibrous tissue that can form over the macular area retina, and may result in loss visual acuity or metamorphopsia, due to superficial retinal folds. A vitrectomy surgery, current treatment procedure for this pathology, only performed after symptoms are present. However, sometimes patients do not present any vision improvements surgery. use computational methods patient-specific biomechanical analysis contribute better understanding mechanisms behind success failure vitrectomy. Using medical data from two who underwent vitrectomy, one with substantial another no improvements, an displacement contraction was performed. Our results suggest causal effect between magnitude displacements caused by outcome procedure.