PMID: 11927850Apr 3, 2002Paper

Types of macular holes encountered during diabetic vitrectomy

Retina
Hammouda Ghoraba

Abstract

To determine the types of macular holes encountered during vitrectomy for complicated cases of diabetic retinopathy. This is a retrospective study of consecutive cases of macular holes diagnosed either before or during pars plana vitrectomy for complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy over a 6-year period. The morphology of these holes is described. Possible mechanisms of their development, surgical considerations, and results after a follow-up of at least 3 months are discussed. Nineteen consecutive cases of macular holes associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy were reviewed over a 6-year period. Five cases were lamellar and 14 were full thickness. The 14 cases of full thickness macular holes occurred in patients with the following conditions: tractional rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (5); tractional retinal detachment (3); premacular hemorrhage (3); and cystic macular edema (3). Closure of the full thickness holes was achieved in 8 of 11 patients who were followed up for at least 3 months. All the patients had visual improvement, but no patient had a visual acuity of better than 20/100. Macular holes may occur in proliferative diabetic retinopathy in different configurations. Full thickness macular ho...Continue Reading

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