Elsbeth J T van Zeeburg1, Boy Braaf2, Matteo G Cereda3, Jan C van Meurs4, Johannes F de Boer5. 1. Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 2. Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 3. The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 4. The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Ophthalmology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 5. Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We directly demonstrated the revascularization in a free retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid graft with direct blood flow detection by experimental phase-resolved Doppler optical coherence tomography (PRD-OCT). METHODS: Seven patients with age-related macular degeneration underwent an RPE-choroid graft translocation in a prospective institutional cohort study. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) was used to measure the revascularization stage. With PRD-OCT the presence of flow was imaged postoperatively. RESULTS: The PRD-OCT confirmed flow in three patients when SD-OCT indicated the afferent vessel ingrowth stage, and in all seven patients when the SD-OCT indicated the efferent vessel ingrowth stage. CONCLUSIONS: The PRD-OCT study was able to detect the presence of blood flow in a free RPE-choroid graft. The PRD-OCT findings directly confirmed the revascularization that was otherwise based on the more circumstantial evidence provided by SD-OCT images and angiography. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: The use of both techniques to monitor the revascularization process in a free graft in patients are an interesting example of replacing more invasive by noninvasive techniques. There is potential future use of PRD-OCT for the visualization of vascularization patterns in other pathologies.
PURPOSE: We directly demonstrated the revascularization in a free retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid graft with direct blood flow detection by experimental phase-resolved Doppler optical coherence tomography (PRD-OCT). METHODS: Seven patients with age-related macular degeneration underwent an RPE-choroid graft translocation in a prospective institutional cohort study. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) was used to measure the revascularization stage. With PRD-OCT the presence of flow was imaged postoperatively. RESULTS: The PRD-OCT confirmed flow in three patients when SD-OCT indicated the afferent vessel ingrowth stage, and in all seven patients when the SD-OCT indicated the efferent vessel ingrowth stage. CONCLUSIONS: The PRD-OCT study was able to detect the presence of blood flow in a free RPE-choroid graft. The PRD-OCT findings directly confirmed the revascularization that was otherwise based on the more circumstantial evidence provided by SD-OCT images and angiography. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: The use of both techniques to monitor the revascularization process in a free graft in patients are an interesting example of replacing more invasive by noninvasive techniques. There is potential future use of PRD-OCT for the visualization of vascularization patterns in other pathologies.
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RPE-choroid graft; SD-OCT; phase-resolved doppler OCT
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