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Displacement of the retina after idiopathic macular hole surgery with different internal limiting membrane peeling patterns.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore retinal displacement after surgical treatment for idiopathic macular hole (IMH) with different internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling patterns.

Methods

Totally 22 eyes from 20 patients with IMH were randomly allocated into two groups, N-T group (11 eyes) and T-N group (11 eyes). For patients in N-T group, ILM was peeled off from nasal to temporal retina. For patients in T-N group, ILM was peeled off from temporal to nasal retina. Preoperative, postoperative 1, 3, and 6mo, autofluorescence fundus images were collected for manual measurement of distances of fixed nasal (N), temporal (T), superior (S), and inferior (I) retinal points (bifurcation or crossing of retinal vessels) around the macula to the optic disc (OD). These were respectively defined as N-OD, T-OD, S-OD, and I-OD. The retinal displacement, macular hole closure rate, and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were compared between the two groups after surgery.

Results

At postoperative 1, 3, and 6mo, the macula slipped toward the OD, manifested by the decreased T-OD, N-OD, S-OD, and I-OD (P<0.05). No significant difference was found in the T-OD, N-OD, S-OD, and I-OD between N-T group and T-N group. IMH closure rate was 100% both in N-T group and T-N group. There was no significant difference in BCVA between two groups (P<0.05).

Conclusion

The macula slips toward the OD after successful macular hole surgery. The two different ILM peeling pattern show similar visual outcome and retinal displacement, which means ILM peeling directions are not the influencing factor of postoperative retinal displacement.

SUBMITTER: Liu J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8403843 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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