title: [Results of vitreous surgery for idiopathic macular holes and retinal sensitivity].
abstract: We evaluated the visual outcome in 16 eyes with idiopathic full-thickness macular holes. Phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation was also performed, if cataract was present. Closure of the macular hole was obtained in 12 eyes, 75%. Postoperative visual acuity improved by 2 lines or more in 14 eyes, (87.5%), 0.5 or better in 9 eyes, (56.2%), and 0.8 or better in 6 eyes, 37.5%. The correlation values between postoperative visual acuity and size of hole, % decrease of macular retinal sensitivity, macular retinal sensitivity, preoperative visual acuity, size of fluid cuff, and duration were -0.766, 0.710, 0.696, 0.676, -0.665, and -0.313, respectively. Measurement of macular retinal sensitivity with macular hole size could be very useful for predicting postoperative visual acuity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy