The Role of Single-Layered Flap in Temporal Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique for Macular Holes: Pros and Cons.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the safety and effectiveness of the single-layered inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique for treating chronic, large, or highly myopic macular holes (MHs).

Methods

The medical records of 20 eyes of 20 consecutive Japanese patients with large MHs (n=6) (minimal diameter, >400 μm), chronic MHs (n=2) (symptom duration, >24 months), MHs in high myopia (n=11) (axial length, >26 mm), and MHs in a patient unable to maintain prone positioning postoperatively (n=1) were reviewed retrospectively. All patients underwent 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy and the temporal inverted ILM flap technique. A semicircular ILM notch was made temporally two disc diameters from the MH using a 25-gauge knife, and the ILM was peele

SUBMITTER: Takai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6589190 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature