Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling and Gas Tamponade For Full-Thickness Macular Holes of Different Etiology - Is It Still Relevant?

Andrii RubanBeáta Éva PetrovskiGoran Petrovski Lyubomyr M Lytvynchuk

Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2022)

25G PPV with ILM and GT for FTMH of different etiology provide satisfactory morphologic and functional outcomes. Elongated AL, large diameter of MH and long duration of symptoms are the risk factors for initial closure. Proper second surgery can obtain satisfactory outcomes for persistent holes.

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