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Retinal Detachments Following Successful Idiopathic Macular Holes Surgery

2009

Purpose: : To evaluate long term outcome of successfully operated idiopathic macular holes (IMH).Methods: : We conducted a comparative retrospective case series in two academic centers. IMH were operated with pars plana vitrectomy, intravitreal gas and internal limiting membrane peeling between 2002 and 2005. All these macular holes were analyzed with Stratus OCT before and after the surgery. We divided them into 4 groups: group 1: vitrectomy in pseudophakic eyes; group 2: vitrectomy and cataract extraction as a combined procedure; group 3: vitrectomy followed by cataract extraction; group 4: vitrectomy in pseudophakic eyes. We noted the anatomical and functional results and we studied seri…