title: Evaluation of Wound Morphology of Sclerotomy Sites of Sutureless Vitrectomy Using Spectralis Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate wound morphology in vivo in eyes undergoing sutureless vitrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a prospective consecutive case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty eyes undergoing sutureless vitrectomy were evaluated using anterior segment optical coherence tomography on days 1, 15, and 30. Ten eyes each belonged to 23-gauge (group A) and 25-gauge (group B). Scans were taken on the incision sites. Group A cases were further divided into group A1 and A2 on the basis of the surgical time of less than 15 minutes' and more than 15 minutes' duration, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On day 1, the mean outer and inner incision diameters in group A were 236.6 and 146 µm, and those for group B were 118.6 and 90 µm. A significant decrease (P < 0.0001) in both the port sizes was observed in both groups' follow-up. Group B showed significant decrease (P < 0.0001) in the port sizes on l follow-up as compared with group A. Group A1 had smaller incision size as compared with group A2 on the first postoperative day, although not statistically significant(P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In both groups, the sclerotomy incisions showed good healing at 1-month duration. The 25-gauge sclerotomies showed better healing characteristics of wound morphology as compared with the 23-gauge sclerotomies.
authors.affiliation: From the Retina Foundation, Shahibag, Ahmedabad, India.
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paranjpe
authors.forename: Navneet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj