title: MODIFICATION OF ADJUSTABLE MACULAR BUCKLING WITH 29-G CHANDELIER LIGHT FOR OPTIMAL POSITIONING IN HIGHLY MYOPIC EYES WITH MACULAR HOLE.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of the modification of Adjustable Macular Buckling device in the treatment of myopic macular hole retinal detachment with posterior staphyloma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four consecutive patients suffering from myopic macular detachment with macular hole were treated using the macular buckling procedure. An Adjustable Macular Buckling device was used in all four cases and was modified using a 29-gauge optical fiber to illuminate its macular plate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Optical coherence tomography showed successful retinal reattachment and closure of the macular hole after the buckling procedure. The macular plate of the buckling device was properly positioned in all four patients. No complications were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modification of the macular buckling device improves the accuracy of its positioning by illuminating its macular plate.
authors.affiliation: *Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; †Department of General Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland; and ‡Department of Ophthalmology, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forlini
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkaradek
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rejdak
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bratu
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: DʼEliseo
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Forlini
authors.forename: Gian Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cavallini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000295:instrumentation*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity