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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2020

Tailored internal limiting membrane flap technique for primary macular hole.

Jia-Horung Hung, Yu-Harn Horng, Hui-Chen Chu, Meng-Syuan Li, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu

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Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2020. 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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Jia-Horung HungInstitute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yu-Harn HorngDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Hui-Chen ChuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Meng-Syuan LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shwu-Jiuan SheuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. sjiuansheu@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-2475

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purposeTo investigate the outcomes of primary full-thickness macular hole (MH) after surgical intervention with tailored internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique.

methodsPatients were reviewed for their clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes. The technique included incomplete circular peeling of the perifoveal ILM which was then trimmed according to the size of the MH. Fluid-gas exchange was done without further manipulation.

resultsNineteen eyes of 19 patients were included. The patients were in average 61 years old (range 41-83) and had an average follow-up period of 11.0 months. At baseline visit, minimal linear diameter of the MH was 311.6 μm (range 80-768). After a single surgery, the MH closed in all cases with improvement of mean visual acuity (from 0.9 to 0.4 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution units, p < 0.0001, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). At the final visit, 15 (78.9%) eyes achieved a visual acuity ≥ 20/40. Outer retinal gliosis was found to be associated with less favorable postoperative visual acuity. Factors related to the formation of outer retinal gliosis were worse preoperative visual acuity and a large MH with a diameter > 400 μm.

conclusionTailored ILM flap technique is an effective method for favorable anatomical and visual outcomes for treatment of primary MH.

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Surgical FlapsVisual AcuityAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBasement MembraneFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMacula LuteaMaleMiddle AgedRetinal PerforationsRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceVitrectomyFull-thickness macular holeInternal limiting membrane peelingVitrectomy

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