ArticleBMC ophthalmology2016
Outcome of 2 cc pure sulfur hexafluoride gas tamponade for macular hole surgery.
Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evaluation of retinal functional changes after macular hole surgery using heavy brilliant blue G dye for internal limiting membrane staining: A prospective, single blind, randomized controlled trial.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Trial
- Comparative study of inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap and ILM peeling technique in large macular holes: a randomized-control trial.BMC ophthalmology · 2018Trial
- Minimal Gas Vitrectomy and As-Needed Positioning Duration for Idiopathic Macular Holes.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2025Article
- Pneumatic vitreolysis versus vitrectomy for the treatment of vitreomacular traction syndrome and macular holes: complication analysis and systematic review with meta-analysis of functional outcomes.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2023Review
- Comments on: Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling and Gas Tamponade for Full-Thickness Macular Holes of Different Etiology - Is It Still Relevant? [Response to Letter].Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Measurement of the volume of the vitrectomized space during vitrectomy in myopic patients with retinal detachment.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Macular Hole Surgery Using Gas Tamponade-An Outcome from the Oslo Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- A Review of Surgical Outcomes and Advances for Macular Holes.Journal of ophthalmology · 2018Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIsoexpansile concentrations of intraocular gases are typically used as tamponading agent in macular hole surgery. Using a small volume of the pure form of these gases may achieve the same result without increasing the incidence of postoperative complications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomical and visual outcomes following macular hole surgery with 2 cc pure (100 %) sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas tamponade.
methodsA retrospective study of eyes with idiopathic macular holes that underwent 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy with 2 cc pure SF6 gas tamponade. Macular hole surgery was performed alone or in combination with phacoemulsification in eyes with cataract. Preoperative and postoperative data including best corrected visual acuity recorded in LogMAR units, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, and optical coherence tomography were analysed. Surgical complications were also recorded.
resultsSeventy six eyes of seventy five patients were analysed. A closure rate of 100 % was achieved with reoperation in 4 eyes. There was a significant improvement in best-corrected visual acuity from a mean of 0.65 LogMAR preoperatively to 0.36 at 6 months (p value 0.004). Forty five (59 %) eyes gained at least 2 lines on the Snellen visual acuity chart. Postoperative elevation in intraocular pressure (≥30 mmHg) was documented in 3 eyes (4 %).
conclusionMacular hole surgery with 2 cc pure SF6 gas tamponade achieved a high success rate with a low incidence of complications. The smaller volume of gas required makes it a cheaper technique.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.