2017•Kazan medical journalOpen access
Analysis of surgical treatment results of macular holes in the Samara region
D.V. Petrachkov, A.V. Zolotarev, P A Zamytskiy, Е. В. Карлова, I. S. Kazakov
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Abstract
Aim. Analysis of anatomical and functional results of surgical treatment of full-thickness macular holes. Methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of medical records of 194 outpatients (194 eyes) on whom surgical treatment of macular hole was performed in Samara Clinical Ophthalmic Hospital n.a. T.I. Eroshevskiy during 2015-2016. Results. On day 5 after surgery in 96 (97.9%) patients with a hole of more than 400 µm operated according to inverted flap technique, and in 93 (96.9%) patients with hole of less than 400 µm, on whom removal of the internal limiting membrane around the hole was performed, we observed macular hole closure. The best corrected visual acuity of patients with the hole of more than 400 µm increased to 0.18±0.13 (p
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