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ArticleKorean journal of ophthalmology : KJO2017

Vascular Displacement in Idiopathic Macular Hole after Single-layered Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Surgery.

Jae Jung Lee, In Ho Lee, Keun Heung Park, Kang Yeun Pak, Sung Who Park, Ik Soo Byon, Ji Eun Lee

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Article in Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Retinal displacement after surgery for idiopathic macular hole.International journal of ophthalmology · 2024
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jae Jung LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
In Ho LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Keun Heung ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Kang Yeun PakDepartment of Ophthalmology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Sung Who ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Ik Soo ByonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Ji Eun LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Pusan National University · KRInje University Haeundae Paik Hospital · KRPusan National University Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare vascular displacement in the macula after surgical closure of idiopathic macular hole (MH) after single-layered inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique and conventional ILM removal.

methodsThis retrospective study included patients who underwent either vitrectomy and ILM removal only or vitrectomy with single-layered inverted ILM flap for idiopathic MH larger than 400 μm from 2012 to 2015. A customized program compared the positions of the retinal vessels in the macula between preoperative and postoperative photographs. En face images of 6 × 6 mm optical coherence tomography volume scans were registered to calculate the scale. Retinal vessel displacement was measured as a vector value by comparing its location in 16 sectors of a grid partitioned into eight sectors in two rings (inner, 2 to 4 mm; outer, 4 to 6 mm). The distance and angle of displacement were calculated as an average vector and were compared between the two groups for whole sectors, inner ring, outer ring, and for each sector.

resultsTwenty patients were included in the ILM flap group and 22 in the ILM removal group. There were no statistical differences between the groups for baseline characteristics. The average displacement in the ILM flap group and the ILM removal group was 56.6 μm at -3.4° and 64.9 μm at -2.7°, respectively, for the whole sectors (p = 0.900), 76.1 μm at -1.1° and 87.3 μm at -0.9° for the inner ring (p = 0.980), and 37.4 μm at -8.2° and 42.7 μm at -6.3° for the outer ring (p = 0.314). There was no statistical difference in the displacement of each of the sectors.

conclusionsPostoperative topographic changes showed no significant differences between the ILM flap and the ILM removal group for idiopathic MH. The single-layered ILM flap technique did not appear to cause additional displacement of the retinal vessels in the macula.

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Surgical FlapsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMacula LuteaMaleMiddle AgedRetinal PerforationsRetinal VesselsRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceVitrectomyInternal limiting membrane flapMacular displacementMacular holeVitrectomy

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PMID28682018
PMCPMC5540989
OpenAlexW2620162303

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