Journal of Ophthalmology / 2019 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Comparison of Anatomical and Visual Outcomes between Idiopathic and Myopic Macular Holes Using the Internal Limiting Membrane or Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique Table 1 Preoperative characteristics of patients with MMH without RD undergoing ILM peeling or inverted ILM flap technique.
Variables ILM peeling technique Inverted ILM flap technique AL < 26 mm (n = 25) AL ≥ 26 mm (n = 14) AL < 26 mm (n = 15) AL ≥ 26 mm (n = 12) Sex Men (n (%)) 12 (48) 6 (43) 0.51 6 (40) 6 (50) 0.270 Women (n (%)) 13 (52) 8 (57) 9 (60) 6 (50) Age (years, median (IQR)) 66 (60.7–74.5) 63 (59.2–72.2) 0.458 65 (58.5–71.5) 59.5 (56–67) 0.428 Eye Right (n (%)) 9 (36) 7 (50) 0.50 3 (20) 3 (25) 1.00 Left (n (%)) 16 (64) 7 (50) 12 (80) 9 (75) AL (mm, median (IQR)) 23.69 (23.40–23.83) 30.09 (27.21–31.63) 0.001 23.29 (22.86–23.41) 28.7 (25.8–30) 0.001 AL >30 (%) 7 (50) 3 (25) Refractive error (diopters, median (IQR)) −1 (−2 to 0.25) −13.19 (−18 to −8.62) <0.001 −1.25 (−2 to −0.12) −9.5 (−13.8 to −7.3) 0.001 Posterior staphyloma (%) 0 11 (79) 0 5 (42) Lens status Phakic 3 (12) 0 0.540 1 (7) 5 (42) 0.060 Phakic intraocular lens 22 (88) 14 (100) 14 (93) 7 (58) BCVA (logMAR, median (IQR)) 0.4 (0.7–0.3) 0.6 (1–0.4) 0.119 0.8 (1.3–0.6) 0.45 (0.8–0.4) 0.001 BCVA (Snellen chart, median (IQR)) 20/50 (20/100–20/40) 20/80 (20/200–20/50) 20/125 (20/400–20/80) 20/56 (20/126–20/50) Macular hole Minimum diameter (µ m, median (IQR)) 267 (125–324) 414 (294–559) 0.218 496 (362–633) 307 (170–453) 0.020 Chronic MH (n (%)) 7 (28) 1 (7) 0.218 4 (27) 5 (45) 0.448
AL, axial length; BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; ILM, internal limiting membrane; MH, macular hole.