title: Pars plana vitrectomy with gas tamponade for lamellar macular holes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima City Hospital, 20-17 Kajiya-cho, Kagoshima 892-8580, Japan.
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Taiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride