title: [Small gauge vitrectomy in macular surgery for myopic complications].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the results of small gauge vitrectomy for myopic macular complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed 68 eyes which underwent vitrectomy with various needles (20 G, 27 eyes; sutureless 23 G, 15 eyes; sutured 23 G, 15 eyes; and 25 G, 11 eyes) for myopic macular pathologies. Surgical results and complications were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean logMAR after 3 months was 0.85 for 20 G, 0.78 for sutureless 23 G, 0.43 for sutured 23 G, and 0.46 for 25 G (p < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in visual acuity change between the groups 3 months after surgery (p = 0.21). Mean intraocular pressure 1 day after surgery was significantly different (20 G, 15.0 mmHg; sutureless 23 G, 11.4 mmHg; sutured 23 G, 18.7 mmHg; and 25 G, 14.2 mmHg, p < 0.05), but that significance was lost 7 days after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The small gauge system produces favorable results in vitrectomy for myopic macular complications, similar to the conventional 20 G system.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology E7, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita-shi 565-0871, Japan. ikuno@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Ikuno
authors: Tomoko
authors: T
authors: Asai
authors: Shinsaku
authors: S
authors: Yano
authors: Kohji
authors: K
authors: Nishida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods