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ReviewClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2021

Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique: Is It the Best Option for Macular Holes?

Nisa Silva, André Ferreira, Zofia Anna Nawrocka Vel Michalewska, Angelina Meireles

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Secondary Macular Holes Post Pars Plana Vitrectomy.International medical case reports journal · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nisa SilvaOphthalmology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, 4099-001, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5607-3212
André FerreiraOphthalmology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, 4099-001, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8577-5128
Zofia Anna Nawrocka Vel MichalewskaOphthalmic Clinic Jasne Blonia, Łódź, 91-134, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8376-9218
Angelina MeirelesOphthalmology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, 4099-001, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9148-2786
Universidade do Porto · PTCentro Hospitalar do Porto · PTOphthalmology Clinic · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical treatment is generally necessary to repair full-thickness macular holes (FTMH). Although vitrectomy with or without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling remains the standard surgical technique, the inverted ILM flap procedure has increasingly assumed a role in the primary surgical repair of FTMHs. Some vitreoretinal surgeons reserve this technique to treat large or myopic holes, whereas others use it routinely in all cases. This paper is a comprehensive review of the current scientific evidence on the anatomical and functional outcomes of the inverted ILM flap technique in the repair of macular holes, following the International Vitreomacular Traction Study (IVTS) group classification.

Indexed as

inverted internal-limiting membrane flap techniqueIVTS classificationmacular hole

Identifiers

PMID34408388
PMCPMC8360769
OpenAlexW3187884320

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