title: Vitrectomy and internal limiting membrane peeling without gas tamponade for myopic foveoschisis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of vitrectomy including internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling without gas tamponade for myopic foveoschisis (MF).
  
  
  METHODS
  In this retrospective study, 15 eyes of 13 consecutive patients with MF underwent pars plana vitrectomy and ILM peeling without gas tamponade. The main outcomes were measured using best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central macular thickness (CMT) on optical coherence tomography (OCT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean refractive error was -11.0 ± 8.2 diopters and mean axial length was 30.8 ± 2.6 mm. The mean BCVA increased from 0.78 ± 0.53 to 0.61 ± 0.75 logMAR unit (p = 0.05), and the mean CMT decreased from 405 ± 143 μm to 255 ± 47 μm (p = 0.002) during a follow-up of 11.8 months. OCT showed a complete resolution of the MF, with foveal reattachment in all eyes. Full-thickness macular hole developed in two eyes during follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ILM peeling without gas tamponade results in favorable anatomical and visual outcomes.
authors.affiliation: The Retina Center of Nune Eye Hospital, Noon building 907- 16, Daechi-Dong, Gangnam-Ku, Seoul, 135-28, Korea.
authors.forename: Su Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Yoon Hyung
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Soon Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong Sung
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Oh Woong
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D058450:Endotamponade; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000601:surgery*; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D011379:Prognosis; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D041441:Retinoschisis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D005740:Gases