AIMS: To evaluate morphological and functional recovery after macular hole surgery using pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), inner limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, air-tamponade and short-time limited face-down positioning. DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional, non-comparative consecutive case series. PATIENTS: Thirty eyes in 30 patients (30 eyes) with unilateral full-thickness macular hole (stage II-IV). INTERVENTION: All eyes underwent PPV, ILM peeling and fluid-air exchange followed by postoperative face-down positioning for 2 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Best corrected visual acuity, optical coherence tomography (OCT) assessment of macular integrity, and biomicroscopy at days 3 and 7, and months 1, 3, 6 and 12. RESULTS: On postoperative day 3, OCT demonstrated macular hole closure in 28 eyes (93%). One eye required vitrectomy 7 weeks after initial surgery due to retinal detachment. CONCLUSIONS: In the present case series, PPV with Trypan Blue-assisted ILM peeling, short-acting internal tamponade and thus shorter face-down positioning was associated with a 93% macular hole closure rate.
AIMS: To evaluate morphological and functional recovery after macular hole surgery using pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), inner limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, air-tamponade and short-time limited face-down positioning. DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional, non-comparative consecutive case series. PATIENTS: Thirty eyes in 30 patients (30 eyes) with unilateral full-thickness macular hole (stage II-IV). INTERVENTION: All eyes underwent PPV, ILM peeling and fluid-air exchange followed by postoperative face-down positioning for 2 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Best corrected visual acuity, optical coherence tomography (OCT) assessment of macular integrity, and biomicroscopy at days 3 and 7, and months 1, 3, 6 and 12. RESULTS: On postoperative day 3, OCT demonstrated macular hole closure in 28 eyes (93%). One eye required vitrectomy 7 weeks after initial surgery due to retinal detachment. CONCLUSIONS: In the present case series, PPV with Trypan Blue-assisted ILM peeling, short-acting internal tamponade and thus shorter face-down positioning was associated with a 93% macular hole closure rate.
Authors: José Maria Ruiz-Moreno; Francisco Lugo; Javier A Montero; David P Piñero Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Date: 2012-02-23 Impact factor: 3.117
Authors: Justis P Ehlers; Yuji Itoh; Lucy T Xu; Peter K Kaiser; Rishi P Singh; Sunil K Srivastava Journal: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Date: 2014-12-18 Impact factor: 4.799