title: Retrospective comparisons of vitrectomy with and without air tamponade to repair lamellar macular hole.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the surgical outcomes of vitrectomy with to that without air tamponade in eyes with a lamellar macular hole.
  
  
  METHODS
  The medical records of 23 eyes that underwent 25-gauge vitrectomy with air tamponade and 18 eyes that underwent 25-gauge vitrectomy alone were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The pre- and postoperative best corrected visual acuities (BCVAs) in logarithm of the minimum angle resolution units were 0.26 ± 0.27 and 0.12 ± 0.15 in eyes with tamponade and 0.35 ± 0.30 and 0.14 ± 0.23 in eyes without tamponade. There were no significant differences in BCVAs between the two groups both pre- and postoperatively. Postoperative BCVA was significantly improved in eyes with tamponade (P = .023) and without tamponade (P < .001). None of the cases developed a full-thickness macular hole postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that air tamponade may not be required during vitrectomy to achieve good BCVA and anatomic closure in eyes with a lamellar macular hole.
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Emi
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000388:Air; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D058450:Endotamponade / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*