Clinical Ophthalmology (Jul 2024)

Macular Hole Surgery as a Historical Perspective

  • Kumagai K,
  • Horie E,
  • Fukami M,
  • Furukawa M

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 18
pp. 1981 – 1989

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Kazuyuki Kumagai,1 Eiji Horie,2 Marie Fukami,1 Mariko Furukawa1 1Kamiiida Daiichi General Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, 462-0802, Japan; 2Yata Eye Clinic, 165-1 Takyo, Izunokuni, Shizuoka, 410-2315, JapanCorrespondence: Kazuyuki Kumagai, Kamiiida Daiichi General Hospital, 2-70 Kamiiida Kita-machi, Nagoya, Aichi, 462-0802, Japan, Tel +81-52-991-3111, Fax +81-52-991-3220, Email [email protected]: To evaluate the outcomes of macular hole (MH) surgery as a historical perspective after its inception in 1991.Patients and Methods: Retrospective review of 1032 eyes of 949 patients with an idiopathic MH who were followed for at least one year after the initial surgery. All surgeries were performed from 1990 to 2016 by one surgeon (NO) and included phacovitrectomy for patients of ≥ 40-years-of-age, a removal of the posterior hyaloid and epiretinal membrane, and SF6 gas tamponade with a 1-week face-down. After 1998, internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling became the conventional procedure. All surgeries were classified into four periods based on the year of the initial surgery. The first period was 1990~1995 (n = 222), the second period was 1996~1999 (n=327), the third period was 2000~2004 (n = 234), and the last period was 2005~2016 (n=249).Results: The mean follow-up period was 81.3, 79.8, 88.4, and 77.3 months; hole size was 0.33, 0.28, 0.25, and 0.24 disk diameter; hole duration was 15.1, 10.6, 8.2, and 6.1 months; the decimal visual acuity (VA) was 0.13, 0.15, 0.17, and 0.19. The initial closure rate was 61.3, 78.0, 96.6, and 96.4%. The final decimal visual acuity was 0.33, 0.50, 0.66, and 0.79. The rate of a final decimal VA of 0.5 or better was 48.2, 66.4, 82.1, and 88.8%. The rate of a final decimal visual acuity of 1.0 or more was 17.6, 29.3, 43.6, and 58.2%. Multiple regression analyses showed that hole duration and ILM peeling were significantly associated with both the anatomic and functional outcomes.Conclusion: The favorable outcomes of MH surgery was primarily achieved by earlier surgery and conventional ILM peeling. Favorable results might be obtained using only conventional ILM peeling.Keywords: macular hole, evolution, internal limiting membrane, early surgery, vitrectomy

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