Pars plana vitrectomy with gas tamponade for lamellar macular holes.
OBJECTIVE
To report anatomic and visual improvement after pars plana vitrectomy with gas tamponade for a lamellar macular hole with poor central visual acuity.


METHODS
Two interventional case reports.


METHODS
Two patients with a lamellar macular hole underwent vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and long-acting gas injection. Main outcome measures included best-corrected visual acuity, biomicroscopic appearance, and optical coherence tomography findings.


RESULTS
Vitrectomy with gas tamponade resulted in biomicroscopic, functional, and tomographic improvement in both patients for follow-up periods of 12 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Vitrectomy with gas tamponade may be an effective method for a lamellar macular hole with poor visual acuity.
Hirakawa
Mayumi
M
Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima City Hospital, 20-17 Kajiya-cho, Kagoshima 892-8580, Japan.
Uemura
Akinori
A
Nakano
Tetsuro
T
Sakamoto
Taiji
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016684:Prone Position; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride