title: [Results of macula hole surgery in Iceland 1996-2002].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate retrospectively the results of macular hole surgery in Iceland 1996-2002.
  
  
  METHODS
  25 patients underwent macular hole surgery in this time period. Data was obtained from hospital records of all those patients. Best corrected vision vas measured before and after surgery. The staging of the macular hole was evaluated before surgery and anatomical closure after surgery was recorded. Any adjuvants used during the operation were noted, and determined if there were any differences in outcomes depending on which adjuvants were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After one operation the anatomical success was 72% and 79% after two surgeries. Visual acuity improved > or = 2 lines on the Snellen card in 11 of 29 eyes (38%); vision stayed the same (did not improve or get worse of more then > or = 2 lines) in 16 of 29 eyes (55%), and deteriorated > or = 2 lines in two of 29 eyes (7%). There were no significant clinical differences in which adjuvant therapy was used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anatomical success of macular hole surgery in Iceland was comparable with results in foreign studies. The visual outcome was significantly better after surgery, but those results were not as good as in foreign studies.
authors.affiliation: Iceland University Hospital, Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hardarson
authors.forename: Einar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefánsson
authors.forename: Haraldur
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sigurdsson
authors.forename: Ingimundur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gíslason
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy