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- Title
Idiopathic macular hole vitrectomy without postoperative face-down positioning.
- Authors
Fumihiko Yagi; Yukihiro Sato; Seiji Takagi; Goji Tomita
- Abstract
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and SF6 gas tamponade for macular holes without face-down positioning. Methods Twenty-one eyes of 21 consecutive patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy with indocyanine green-assisted ILM peeling and 20% SF6 gas tamponade without face-down positioning were included in this study. Biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography were used to assess macular hole closure. Pre- and postoperative visual acuities (VAs) were compared. Results Among the 21 eyes, five (23.8%) had stage 2, 11 (52.4%) stage 3, and five (23.8%) stage 4 macular holes. Mean macular hole size was 0.35 disc diameters. The macular holes had been present for an average of 2.3 months. Twenty eyes (95.2%) were phakic, and one (4.8%) was pseudophakic. Nineteen of the 21 holes (90.5%) initially closed. The final closure rate was 100%, and no eyes showed reopening. Preoperative mean VA (logMAR) was 0.65, and mean VA had significantly improved to 0.46 at 1 month and to 0.42 at 3 months after surgery (P Conclusion Vitrectomy with ILM peeling and SF6 gas tamponade for macular holes without face-down positioning achieved favorable anatomical and functional results.
- Subjects
VITRECTOMY; EYE diseases; CHEMICAL peel; SULFUR hexafluoride; POSTURE; SLIT lamp microscopy; BIOLOGICAL membranes; PATIENTS
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009, Vol 53, Issue 3, p215
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-008-0642-7