Evaluation of the internal limiting membrane after conventional peeling during macular hole surgery.
We evaluated the histologic features of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) of the retina removed during macular hole surgery without indocyanine green staining. Our investigation focused on the presence or absence of retinal structures adherent to the retinal surface of the ILM. Because only tiny retinal cellular fragments were observed especially in ILM folds, we conclude that conventional ILM peeling can be performed safely with a cleavage plane between the retinal surface of the ILM and Müller cell endfeet.
Haritoglou
Christos
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Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. christos.haritoglou@med.uni-muenchen.de
Schumann
Ricarda
R
Reiniger
Ingrid
I
Rohleder
Matthias
M
Priglinger
Siegfried G
SG
Kampik
Anselm
A
Gandorfer
Arnd
A
D000368:Aged; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery*