Eyes with uveitic macular edema, significant epiretinal membrane likely to fail medical therapy

In the majority of cases, medical therapy is not a viable option to treat patients with uveitic macular edema who also present with a significant epiretinal membrane and retinal surface wrinkling, according to a retrospective case series.“Macular edema is the leading cause of visual impairment in patients with uveitis,” co-author Douglas A. Jabs, MD, MBA, professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said. “The availability of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography enabled us to look very closely at features associated with uveitic macular edema and to try to understand their impact on the management of the disease.”