title: Vitrectomy for a symptomatic lamellar macular hole.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the surgical findings and outcomes after vitrectomy for a lamellar macular hole (LMH).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-seven patients (27 eyes) with a lamellar macular hole and central vision loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients underwent 3-port vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) stripping by one of the authors. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and appearance by optical coherence tomography (OCT) were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively.
  
  
  METHODS
  Preoperative and postoperative BCVA and OCT imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Visual acuity improved postoperatively in 25 of 27 eyes (93%), with a mean improvement of 3.2 Snellen lines. Preoperative and postoperative OCT images were obtained in 24 of 27 eyes (89%) and were judged to have improved or normalized in 22 of 24 (92%) of these patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with central visual loss from a lamellar macular hole, vitrectomy with ILM stripping appears to be a beneficial treatment.
authors: Associated Retinal Consultants, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA. bgarretson@msn.com
authors: Bruce R
authors: BR
authors: Garretson
authors: John S
authors: JS
authors: Pollack
authors: Alan J
authors: AJ
authors: Ruby
authors: Kimberly A
authors: KA
authors: Drenser
authors: George A
authors: GA
authors: Williams
authors: Ramin
authors: R
authors: Sarrafizadeh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016684:Prone Position; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; C042852:perflutren; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride