Research Article
The Healing Process and Functional Recovery of Neuroretina after Idiopathic Macular Hole Surgery without Internal Limiting Membrane Reversal Tamponade
Table 4
The relationship between the stage and healing state of full-thickness IMH.
| Classification | Macular hole closed after surgery | | Yes (n = 20) | No (n = 16) |
| Gass’s classification, n (%) | | | 0.004 | Stage I | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | Stage II | 10 (50.00) | 3 (18.75) | | Stage III | 9 (45.00) | 4 (25.00) | | Stage IV | 1 (5.00) | 9 (56.25) | |
| IVTS group classification, n (%) | | | 0.066 | Small FTMH | 2 (10.00) | 1 (6.25) | | Medium FTMH | 8 (40.00) | 2 (12.50) | | Large FTMH | 10 (50.00) | 13 (81.25) | |
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IVTS: International Vitreomacular Traction Study; FTMH: full-thickness macular hole.
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