Real-world experience of full-thickness traumatic macular hole among young patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the demographics, clinical, and imaging characteristics, and visual outcomes in young patients with full-thickness traumatic macular hole (TMH).

Methods

This retrospective hospital-based study included patients with full-thickness TMH who presented between August 2010 and June 2021. Demographic data, clinical findings, and imaging characteristics were extracted from an electronic medical record system. Regression analyses were performed to determine significant associations among variables and to identify predictors of visual outcomes.

Results

144 (0.005%) patients among 2,834,616 were diagnosed with Full thickness TMH. The majority of them were male (89.58%; odds ratio [OR] = 6.71) and the holes were unilateral. The mean age at presentation was

SUBMITTER: Venugopal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882818 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature