Abstract
The authors report surgical outcomes of full-thickness macular hole repair in two patients with idiopathic macular telangiectasia in a non-comparative case series. Both patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy with indocyanine green-assisted internal limiting membrane peeling and injection of 16% C(3)F(8) gas. Patients were imaged with optical coherence tomography (OCT) before and after surgery. The first patient demonstrated macular hole closure on examination and OCT with visual improvement from 20/50 preoperatively to 20/30 after macular hole surgery and subsequent cataract surgery. The second patient's hole closed per OCT immediately after surgery but reopened 4 months later, and visual acuity remained 20/70. Macular hole surgery may be an effective treatment in patients with idiopathic macular telangiectasia and full-thickness macular holes and should be further investigated.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye |
| Volume | 41 Online |
| State | Published - 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Ophthalmology