Retinal architecture as a determinant of brilliant blue G phototoxicity during internal limiting membrane peeling: A case series

Table 1 Information of the cases included in the study

Case No.	Age	Sex	Eye	Reason for ILM peeling	Study group	Preop VA	Pre-op CMT	Pre-op ORL status	Pre-op RPE layer healthy	BBG exposure time (minute)	BBG stain under	Stain	Tamponade agent	Total surgery time (minute)	Time gap post-surgery after which retinal damage was noted (weeks)	Retinal toxicity involving the fovea	Surgical result	Early post op VA	Last visit VA	F/U time (months)
1	69	F	RE	Idiopathic MH	A	6/36	0	CBA	Yes	2	AIR	SINGLE	SF6	90	1	Yes	Closed MH	6/36	6/36	60
2	75	M	RE	Idiopathic MH	A	6/24	0	CBA	Yes	2	AIR	SINGLE	SF6	75	3	Yes	Closed MH	6/36	6/36	9
3	77	M	LE	Idiopathic MH	A	6/120	0	CBA	Yes	2	AIR	SINGLE	SF6	45	2	Yes	Closed MH	6/120	6/120	60
4	66	F	LE	Idiopathic MH	A	6/15	0	CBA	Yes	2	BSS	SINGLE	C3f8	65	4	Yes	Closed MH	6/24	6/24	8
5	86	F	LE	ERM with increased retinal traction	B	6/120	515	N	Yes	2	AIR	DOUBLE	SF6	90	1	No	Retinal thickness reduced	6/60	6/12	14
6	77	M	RE	ERM with increased retinal traction	B	6/60	518	N	Yes	2	AIR	DOUBLE	SF6	60	1	No	Retinal thickness reduced	6/60	6/60	48
7	52	F	RE	ERM with increased retinal traction	B	6/30	957	N	Yes	2	AIR	DOUBLE	AIR	80	4	No	Retinal thickness reduced	6/30	6/30	22
8	67	F	LE	ERM with increased retinal traction	B	6/30	590	N	Yes	3.5	AIR	DOUBLE	BSS	110	1	No	Retinal thickness reduced	6/24	6/8	10
9	65	F	LE	Vitreofoveal traction with increased retina thickness	B	6/18	468	N	Yes	2	BSS	SINGLE	C3f8	65	4	No	Normal foveal contour	6/9	6/9	5

M: Male; F: Female; RE: Right eye; LE: Left eye; ILM: Internal limiting membrane; VA: Visual acuity; CMT: Central macular thickness; ORL: Outer retinal layers; RPE: Retinal pigment epithelium; BBG: Brilliant blue G; F/U: Follow-up; MH: Macular hole; ERM: Epiretinal membrane; CBA: Cannot be assessed; N: Normal; BSS: Balanced salt solution; SF6: Sulfur hexafluoride; C3F8: Perfluoroproprane.