Ocular factors related to preoperative enlargement of idiopathic macular hole diameter

Purpose:

To determine the preoperative factors that are significantly correlated with an enlargement of an idiopathic macular hole (MH) during the one-month preoperative period.

Methods:

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients with MH who had undergone vitrectomy in the Kagoshima University Hospital. The stage of the MH was determined by using spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Patients who had optical coherence tomography images at two time points more than 14 days apart before the vitrectomy were studied.

Results:

The MH participants were at Stage 2 in 44 eyes, at Stage 3 in 58 eyes, and at Stage 4 in 38 eyes. The rate of increase of the hole diameter was 26.0 ± 42.3% at Stage 2, 5.52 ± 15.5% at Stage 3, and 8.04 ± 18.7% at Stage 4. The rate of change at Stage 2 was significantly greater than that at Stage 3 and Stage 4 (both P

Source: RETINA - August 1, 2022 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Original Study Source Type: research