Functional and morphological evaluation of autologous retinal graft in large traumatic macular hole

Abstract

A 7-year-old boy presented with history of blunt trauma 1 month back. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/200 with optical coherence tomography (OCT) showing a large macular hole. Spontaneous closure of the macular hole seemed unlikely following a month of observation. Pars plana vitrectomy along with autologous retinal graft was performed. At subsequent follow up, hole appeared closed with nasal shrinkage of graft and BCVA improved to 20/100. OCT showed mechanical integration of the graft with adjoining retina. Autologous retinal graft is a feasible option in cases where conventional internal limiting membrane peeling shows lower anatomical success.

Keywords

• Autologous retinal graft
• multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG)
• optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• pars plana vitrectomy (PPV)
• traumatic macular hole