Vitrectomy for macular holes associated with myopic foveoschisis.
OBJECTIVE
We reviewed the surgical results of vitrectomy for macular holes (MHs) associated with myopic foveoschisis (MF).


METHODS
Noncomparative, interventional case series.


METHODS
setting: Institutional. participants: Eight eyes of eight patients with MHs associated with MF. intervention procedure: All patients underwent vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and gas tamponade. main outcome measures: Slit-lamp-based biomicroscopy, optical coherence tomography examinations, and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measurement.


RESULTS
The MHs closed in two eyes (25%), and the BCVA improved more than 2 lines in three (37.5%) eyes, remained unchanged in three (37.5%), and worsened in two (25%). The MH size increased significantly in a case with an unresolved MH (P < .05). The postoperative BCVA was significantly correlated with the preoperative BCVA (P < .05).


CONCLUSIONS
Although significant visual improvement occurs in less than 50% of cases, vitrectomy can be beneficial for some cases.
Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan. ikuno@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Yasushi
Y
Ikuno
Yasuo
Y
Tano
D000368:Aged; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000150:complications*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D041441:Retinoschisis / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
D005466:Fluorocarbons; C042852:perflutren