ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2017
Long-term follow-up of fellow eye in patients with lamellar macular hole.
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- Surgical interventions for lamellar macular holes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Functional and Anatomical Outcomes of Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Lamellar Macular Hole: Long-Term Follow-Up.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Phenomenology of spontaneous closure in degenerative and mixed type lamellar macular hole.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- Macular Surgery: Classification, Management and Surgical Techniques.Journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Primary Lamellar Macular Holes: To Vit or Not to Vit.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Outcomes from the Retrospective Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study on Lamellar Macular Hole Surgery.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Comparison of vitreoretinal disorders in fellow eyes of lamellar macular holes versus epiretinal membrane foveoschisis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2020Article
- Risk Factors for Progression of Vitreomacular Traction to Macular Hole.Journal of vitreoretinal diseasesArticle
- A multifocal electroretinography study to evaluate risk of developing macular hole in the fellow eye of patients suffering with unilateral macular hole.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate macular changes in fellow eyes of patients diagnosed with lamellar macular hole (LMH) using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and blue fundus autofluorescence (B-FAF).
methodsFellow eyes of patients diagnosed with a LMH were retrospectively evaluated on OCT. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central foveal thickness (CFT) were recorded. Corresponding B-FAF images, vitreo-macular relations, and type of epiretinal membranes (ERMs) were also examined.
resultsThirty-five patients were included. At baseline, six fellow eyes (17%) showed a normal foveal profile, 26 (74%) had a tractional ERM, and three cases (9%) revealed a bilateral LMH, one of them with a lamellar hole-associated epiretinal proliferation (LHEP). A posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) was present in 29 patients (83%), four (11%) had only a vitreo-papillary adhesion (VPA), and two (6%) had both vitreo-macular adhesion (VMA) and VPA. After a mean follow-up of 4.6 ± 1.9 years, one eye (3%) developed a vitreous detachment from the macula with persistent VPA, and one developed a PVD from a VPA with subsequent ERM formation. BCVA and mean CFT remained stable in 35 eyes (100%). Likewise, no B-FAF signal variations were detected. One patient developed a LMH during the 3rd year of follow-up.
conclusionsOur data suggest that the presence of a LMH in one eye does not increase significantly the risk of developing the same condition in the fellow eye after 4 years. Bilateral condition is uncommon, and an ERM is often detected in the fellow eye. LHEPs were not observed in fellow eyes with foveal integrity, and all LHEPs observed (in main and fellow eyes) were always associated with LMHs; this supports the hypothesis that LHEP is a consequence and not a causative factor for LMHs. The occurrence of a LMH in one fellow eye after 3 years follow-up may suggest that a higher incidence of bilateral disease could develop in a longer time span.
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