PURPOSE: To investigate the surgical findings and outcomes after vitrectomy for a lamellar macular hole (LMH). DESIGN: Retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-seven patients (27 eyes) with a lamellar macular hole and central vision loss. INTERVENTION: All patients underwent 3-port vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) stripping by one of the authors. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and appearance by optical coherence tomography (OCT) were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Preoperative and postoperative BCVA and OCT imaging. RESULTS: Visual acuity improved postoperatively in 25 of 27 eyes (93%), with a mean improvement of 3.2 Snellen lines. Preoperative and postoperative OCT images were obtained in 24 of 27 eyes (89%) and were judged to have improved or normalized in 22 of 24 (92%) of these patients. CONCLUSION: In patients with central visual loss from a lamellar macular hole, vitrectomy with ILM stripping appears to be a beneficial treatment.
PURPOSE: To investigate the surgical findings and outcomes after vitrectomy for a lamellar macular hole (LMH). DESIGN: Retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-seven patients (27 eyes) with a lamellar macular hole and central vision loss. INTERVENTION: All patients underwent 3-port vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) stripping by one of the authors. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and appearance by optical coherence tomography (OCT) were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Preoperative and postoperative BCVA and OCT imaging. RESULTS: Visual acuity improved postoperatively in 25 of 27 eyes (93%), with a mean improvement of 3.2 Snellen lines. Preoperative and postoperative OCT images were obtained in 24 of 27 eyes (89%) and were judged to have improved or normalized in 22 of 24 (92%) of these patients. CONCLUSION: In patients with central visual loss from a lamellar macular hole, vitrectomy with ILM stripping appears to be a beneficial treatment.
Authors: Marco Coassin; Valentina Mastrofilippo; Jay M Stewart; Andrea Fanti; Matteo Belpoliti; Luca Cimino; Alfonso Iovieno; Luigi Fontana Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Date: 2018-05-21 Impact factor: 3.117
Authors: P G Theodossiadis; V G Grigoropoulos; I Emfietzoglou; P Nikolaidis; I Vergados; M Apostolopoulos; G P Theodossiadis Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Date: 2008-09-03 Impact factor: 3.117