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Sustained closure of surgically repaired macular holes after retinal detachment with submacular fluid.

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Hainsworth, DP; Johnson, MW; Jaffe, GJ

Published in: Am J Ophthalmol

March 1997

PURPOSE: To examine the behavior of surgically repaired macular holes when subsequent retinal detachment with submacular fluid develops and to correlate these observations with current theories of macular hole formation and closure. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of four patients who underwent successful surgical closure of macular holes and subsequently developed rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with macular involvement. RESULTS: No reopening of the original macular hole occurred in any of the four patients. No focal macular attachment was seen that would suggest firm adherence of the macular hole edges to the underlying retinal pigment epithelium. CONCLUSIONS: When retinal detachment with submacular fluid develops in patients with a successfully closed macular hole, sustained closure of the macular dehiscence is typically seen. These findings support reapproximation of the hole edges with an associated retinal wound healing response as the mechanism of hole closure.

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Author Glenn Jay Jaffe Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery

Published In

Am J Ophthalmol

DOI

10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70132-1

ISSN

0002-9394

Publication Date

March 1997

Volume

123

Issue

Start / End Page

364 / 369

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

Wound Healing
Vitrectomy
Visual Acuity
Sulfur Hexafluoride
Scleral Buckling
Retinal Perforations
Retinal Detachment
Posture
Ophthalmology & Optometry
Middle Aged

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Hainsworth, D. P., Johnson, M. W., & Jaffe, G. J. (1997). Sustained closure of surgically repaired macular holes after retinal detachment with submacular fluid. Am J Ophthalmol, 123(3), 364–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70132-1

Hainsworth, D. P., M. W. Johnson, and G. J. Jaffe. “Sustained closure of surgically repaired macular holes after retinal detachment with submacular fluid.” Am J Ophthalmol 123, no. 3 (March 1997): 364–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70132-1.

Hainsworth DP, Johnson MW, Jaffe GJ. Sustained closure of surgically repaired macular holes after retinal detachment with submacular fluid. Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Mar;123(3):364–9.

Hainsworth, D. P., et al. “Sustained closure of surgically repaired macular holes after retinal detachment with submacular fluid.” Am J Ophthalmol, vol. 123, no. 3, Mar. 1997, pp. 364–69. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70132-1.

Hainsworth DP, Johnson MW, Jaffe GJ. Sustained closure of surgically repaired macular holes after retinal detachment with submacular fluid. Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Mar;123(3):364–369.