Research Article
Surgical Treatment of Idiopathic Macular Hole Using Different Types of Tamponades and Different Postoperative Positioning Regimens
Table 1
Preoperative characteristics of the operated patients in each individual group.
| | | Group 1 (SF6 + nonsupine reading position) | Group 2 (air + nonsupine reading position) | Group 3 (air + prone position) | Group 4 (SF6 + prone position) |
| | Number of eyes | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | | Mean age (range) (years) | 70.2 (63–80) | 71.3 (57–86) | 69.2 (59–79) | 72.4 (61–87) | | Mean decimal BCVA (range) | 0.11 (0.05–0.33) | 0.10 (0.05–0.33) | 0.19 (0.05–0.50) | 0.18 (0.01–0.50) | | Mean IMH size (range) (µm) | 426.7 (178–612) | 446.4 (178–711) | 405.4 (148–741) | 358.7 (133–652) | | Number of phakic eyes (%) | 16 eyes (61.5) | 20 eyes (80.0) | 21 eyes (80.8) | 17 eyes (63.0) | | Eyes with ERM (%) | 9 eyes (34.6) | 10 eyes (40.0) | 15 eyes (57.7) | 10 eyes (37.0) | | Eyes with posterior vitreous membrane attached (%) | 24 eyes (92.3) | 20 eyes (80.0) | 20 eyes (76.9) | 25 eyes (92.6) |
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BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; IMH, idiopathic macular hole; ERM, epiretinal membrane.
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