Table 1: Patient data.

Patient Sex Age Eye Symptom duration Pre operative VA Post operative VA Hole stage Hole size MH status Confirmed time (years) (months) (log MAR) (log MAR) (DD) (days) 1 F 62 R 1 1 0.2 2 0.2 Closed 8 2 F 75 L 1 0.5 0.2 3 0.2 Closed 8 3 F 70 R 1 0.4 0 2 0.25 Closed 4 4 F 62 R 2 1 0.7 3 0.3 Closed 8 5 F 55 R 1 0.5 0.2 2 0.2 Closed 7 6 F 73 L 1 1 0.2 4 0.5 Closed 7 7 M 63 L 1 0.4 0 3 0.25 Closed 9 8 F 69 R 3 0.5 0.3 2 0.3 Closed 7 9 F 53 R 5 1 0.5 3 0.6 Closed 7 10 F 68 L 2 1 0.7 3 0.5 Closed 9 11 F 63 L 5 0.5 0.2 3 0.5 Open 4 12 F 58 L 1 0.5 0 2 0.2 Closed 6 13 F 64 L 2 0.3 0.5 3 0.4 Closed 5 14 F 61 R 2 0.7 0.5 3 0.5 Closed 6 15 F 65 L 2 0.3 0.4 3 0.3 Closed 5 16 F 63 R 2 0.5 0.2 4 0.25 Closed 8 17 F 64 L 2 1 0.7 4 0.5 Open 6 18 F 59 R 4 0.5 0.4 4 0.3 Closed 7 19 M 67 L 6 0.7 0.4 3 0.4 Closed 8 20 M 70 L 3 0.4 0.4 3 0.2 Closed 9 21 F 57 L 6 0.3 0 4 0.5 Closed 9 22 F 59 R 3 0.3 0.1 3 0.3 Closed 8 23 F 68 L 5 0.7 0.3 3 0.4 Closed 6 24 M 60 R 2 0.7 0.3 2 0.2 Closed 10 25 M 65 L 2 0.7 0 3 0.2 Closed 5 26 M 68 R 1 0.6 0.7 3 0.4 Closed 11 27 F 56 R 4 0.2 0 4 0.3 Closed 7 28 M 58 R 3 0.7 0.1 3 0.3 Closed 8 29 F 72 L 1 0.6 0.4 3 0.3 Closed 7 30 F 52 L 4 0.4 0.1 3 0.3 Closed 8 31 F 65 R 1 0.7 0.2 4 0.2 Closed 8 32 F 76 R 3 0.7 0.2 3 0.3 Closed 9 33 M 72 L 1 0.7 0.7 3 0.3 Closed 10 34 M 60 R 2 1 0.5 3 0.5 Closed 11 35 F 70 R 1 0.4 −0.1 3 0.2 Closed 8 36 M 66 R 2 1 0.3 3 0.2 Closed 7 37 F 62 R 2 0.5 0.1 4 0.3 Closed 8 38 F 65 L 5 1 0.4 3 0.3 Closed 6 39 F 66 R 1 1 0.3 3 0.2 Closed 8 40 F 54 L 2 0.2 0.2 3 0.2 Closed 8 41 F 79 R 1 0.7 0.2 2 0.3 Closed 10 42 F 69 R 6 1 0.4 3 0.6 Closed 9

M: male, F: female, L: left, R: right, VA: visual acuity, log MAR: logarithm of minimum angle of resolution, DD: disc diameter, MH: idiopathic macular hole, MH status: MH status after first surgery, confirmed time: time at which MH closure or non-closure was confirmed postoperatively.