ArticleRetina (Philadelphia, Pa.)2017
PNEUMATIC VITREOLYSIS FOR RELIEF OF VITREOMACULAR TRACTION.
Article in Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03945695 (Pneumatic Vitreolysis Using the Drinking Bird Technique for Management of Vitreomacular Traction. A Prospective, Non-randomized, Interventional Study.), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Pneumatic Vitreolysis Using the Drinking Bird Technique for Management of Vitreomacular Traction. A Prospective, Non-randomized, Interventional Study.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of Ocriplasmin Use for Vitreomacular Adhesion and Its Predictive Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Vitrectomy in Small idiopathic MAcuLar hoLe (SMALL) study: Internal limiting membrane peeling versus no peeling.Acta ophthalmologica · 2025Article
- Vitrectomy in Small idiopathic MAcuLar hoLe (SMALL) study: conventional internal limiting membrane peeling versus inverted flap.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- 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
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- Indications and outcomes for intravitreal injection of CScientific reports · 2021Article
- [Microstructural retinal changes after pharmacological vitreolysis with ocriplasmin-an SD-OCT supported analysis].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2020Article
- Review of Vitreopapillary Traction Syndrome.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2020Review
- Pneumatic Vitreolysis for the Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction SyndromeTurkish journal of ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Loculated subretinal fluid after pneumatic vitreolysis.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2019Article
- Focal vitreomacular traction: Resolution after ocular massage.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2019Article
- Incidence and prevalence of vitreomacular traction with and without macular hole in Germany.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
- Comparison of the horizontal diameter to a modeled area of traction in eyes with vitreomacular traction: is the diameter close enough to the truth?Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2018Article
- Effect of intravitreal CSpektrum der Augenheilkunde : Zeitschrift der Osterreichischen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, OOG · 2018Article
- Ocriplasmin treatment for vitreomacular traction in real life: can the indication spectrum be expanded?Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2017Article
- Pneumatic Vitreolysis for Management of Symptomatic Focal Vitreomacular Traction.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchReview
- Immediate Release of Vitreomacular Traction After Pneumatic Vitreolysis Followed by the Drinking Bird Technique.Journal of vitreoretinal diseasesArticle
- Pneumatic Vitreolysis With Intravitreal Air for Focal Vitreomacular Traction.Journal of vitreoretinal diseasesArticle
- Foveal-Sparing ILM Peeling in a Case with Vitreomacular Traction and Foveal Detachment.Case reports in ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the outcome of perfluoropropane (C3F8) gas injection for symptomatic vitreomacular traction (VMT) with or without Stage 2 macular hole (MH).
methodsA retrospective review of eyes with VMT treated with 0.3 mL of C3F8 gas was performed. Patients avoided the supine position until gas resolution. Patients with small MH maintained partial face-down positioning.
resultsForty-nine consecutive patients (50 eyes) with symptomatic VMT underwent pneumatic vitreolysis between 2010 and 2016. A posterior vitreous detachment developed in 43 eyes (86.0%) after a single gas injection, at a median of 3.0 weeks. Twenty-eight of 35 eyes (80.0%) with VMT only and all 15 eyes (100%) with a small Stage 2 MH developed a posterior vitreous detachment, with MH closure in 10 of 15 eyes (66.7%). Median baseline and last best spectacle-corrected visual acuities were 20/50 and 20/40, respectively (P < 0.001). Mean follow-up time was 11.1 ± 9.9 months. Rate of posterior vitreous detachment was reduced with presence of diabetes mellitus (25%) and with thick cellophane membrane (50%). Univariate analysis showed increased VMT release for eyes with VMT extent within 1 disk area (χ = 13.1, P = 0.002), eyes with absence of diabetes mellitus (χ = 8.8, P = 0.007), and eyes with Stage 2 MH (χ = 5.47, P = 0.019); there was a trend between success and lack of thick cellophane membrane (χ = 3.32, P = 0.068). Results using logistic regression also showed younger age (P = 0.012), followed by better baseline best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (P = 0.044), lack of diabetes mellitus (P = 0.077), and female gender (P = 0.045) to be predictors of increased VMT release. One VMT-only eye formed a MH and another VMT-only eye developed a retinal detachment. Both eyes responded to vitrectomy.
conclusionPneumatic vitreolysis with limited face-down position is a viable option for treating VMT with few adverse events. More studies are needed to elucidate its indications, benefits, and risks.
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