Office-based intravitreal injection of expansile gas for management of macular hole in previously vitrectomized eyes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the successful closure of full-thickness macular hole (MH), using an office-based intravitreal gas injection, in two eyes having undergone prior pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).

Observations

Patient 1 presented with acute loss of visual acuity to 20/300 in the left eye 5 months following PPV for fovea-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; MH was confirmed by examination and optical coherence tomography (OCT). 0.6 cc of 100% C3F8 gas was injected, with subsequent MH closure following one week of face-down positioning. Patient 2 presented with right eye visual acuity of 20/60 one month following PPV for optic nerve pit-associated maculopathy; MH was confirmed by examination and OCT. 0.85 cc of 100% C3F8 gas was injected in the office, with subsequent MH closure

SUBMITTER: Apolinario MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614528 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature