Incomplete fluid-air exchange technique for idiopathic macular hole surgery
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Bo-Jie Hu. Department of Retina, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, 251 Fukang Road, Tianjin 300384, China. bhu07@tmu.edu.cn

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China (No.81460089)

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    AIM: To explore an improved procedure involving incomplete fluid-air exchange for idiopathic macular hole (IMH), and the closure rate, visual function, and the visual field of macular holes (MHs) were evaluated. METHODS: This prospective randomized controlled study, included 40 eyes of 40 patients with IMH who were treated with pars plana vitrectomy and peeling of the internal limiting membrane. They were grouped by random digital table. Twenty-one eyes underwent incomplete fluid-air exchange (IFA) and 19 eyes underwent traditional complete fluid-air exchange (CFA) as the control group. Outcomes included best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure, and optical coherence tomography, light adaptive electroretinography, and visual field evaluations. RESULTS: All MHs <400 μm were successfully closed. BCVAs before and 6mo after surgery were 0.82±0.41 logMAR and 0.28±0.17 logMAR in IFA group and 0.86±0.34 logMAR and 0.34±0.23 logMAR in CFA group, respectively. The electroretinogram analysis of patients in IFA group revealed increases in b-wave amplitudes at 1, 3, and 6mo after surgery. Additionally, patients in IFA group showed an amplitude increase of 28.6% from baseline at 6mo (P<0.05), while no obvious improvements were noted in CFA group. Although there were no statistically significant improvements in either group, the IFA group showed a slight increase in mean sensitivity (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: IFA is a reliable method that offers comparable closure rate to CFA and facilitates improvements in visual function.

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Bo-Jie Hu, Xue-Li Du, Wen-Bo Li, et al. Incomplete fluid-air exchange technique for idiopathic macular hole surgery. Int J Ophthalmol, 2019,12(10):1582-1588

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  • Received:April 14,2019
  • Revised:July 26,2019
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  • Online: September 02,2019
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