Clinical Study

Relationship between Peeled Internal Limiting Membrane Area and Anatomic Outcomes following Macular Hole Surgery: A Quantitative Analysis

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of participants.

VariableGroup 1Group 2 value

Preoperative BCVA, logMAR
 Mean ± SD0.87 ± 0.360.80 ± 0.25
 Range0.4–1.80.52–1.3

Symptom duration, weeks
 Mean ± SD18.9 ± 12.817.22 ± 14.65
 Range4–644–40

Lens status,
 Phakic28 (87.5%)6 (66.7%)
 Pseudophakic4 (12.5%)3 (33.3%)

Tamponade,
 C3F827 (84.4%)6 (66.7%)
 SF65 (15.6%)3 (33.3%)

Surgery,
 PPV31 (96.9%)8 (88.9%)
 Combined PPV + phaco1 (3.1%)1 (11.1%)

MH basal diameter, μm
 Mean ± SD963.2 ± 325.11426.0 ± 621.3
 Range302–1625760–2627

MHI
 Mean ± SD0.53 ± 0.250.45 ± 0.10
 Range0.28–1.550.30–0.68

Peeled ILM area, mm2
 Mean ± SD16.51 ± 6.1512.8 ± 4.0
 Range3.90–30.06.89–17.67

Bold values are significant at . BCVA, best corrected visual acuity; ILM, internal limiting membrane; MH, macular hole; MHI, macular hole index; PPV, pars plana vitrectomy; phaco, phacoemulsification; μm, micrometer; mm2, millimeter square.
-test.
Mann-Whitney test.