PURPOSE: To report a small, retrospective, noncomparative case series (3 patients) of idiopathic macular holes with spontaneous closure in previously vitrectomized eyes. METHODS: The first patient developed a macular hole 14 months after vitrectomy for penetrating ocular trauma. In the rest of the patients, the macular holes were documented ten days and two months after vitrectomies for retinal detachment. RESULTS: In all cases the macular holes resolved spontaneously 2 years, 6 and 9 months after their documentation, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the limitations placed by the small sample of studied patients, it seems that spontaneous closure of macular holes developed after vitrectomy can happen as part of their natural course. Both pathogenetic and repair factors involved in macular hole can act spontaneously in a vitrectomized eye.
PURPOSE: To report a small, retrospective, noncomparative case series (3 patients) of idiopathic macular holes with spontaneous closure in previously vitrectomized eyes. METHODS: The first patient developed a macular hole 14 months after vitrectomy for penetrating ocular trauma. In the rest of the patients, the macular holes were documented ten days and two months after vitrectomies for retinal detachment. RESULTS: In all cases the macular holes resolved spontaneously 2 years, 6 and 9 months after their documentation, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the limitations placed by the small sample of studied patients, it seems that spontaneous closure of macular holes developed after vitrectomy can happen as part of their natural course. Both pathogenetic and repair factors involved in macular hole can act spontaneously in a vitrectomized eye.
Authors: Carlos A Medina; Angelica G Ortiz; Nidhi Relhan; William E Smiddy; Justin H Townsend; Harry W Flynn Journal: Retina Date: 2017-06 Impact factor: 4.256