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The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review
This literature review aims to provide the retina specialist with answers to patient's questions related to the management of lamellar macular holes (LMHs). Most LMHs are stable over time, but 13–21% present an anatomic decline after 18–24 months of follow-up. Nineteen point five percent of the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32148938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3526316 |
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author | Danielescu, Ciprian Stanca, Horia Tudor Balta, Florian |
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description | This literature review aims to provide the retina specialist with answers to patient's questions related to the management of lamellar macular holes (LMHs). Most LMHs are stable over time, but 13–21% present an anatomic decline after 18–24 months of follow-up. Nineteen point five percent of the eyes may experience a visual acuity (VA) loss of more than 5 letters after 3 years. Many surgeons choose to perform surgery when there is significant metamorphopsia or documented decline in VA over time. The typical surgery is phacovitrectomy with the epiretinal membrane and the internal limiting membrane peeling in previously phakic eyes (41.9 to 85.3% of the eyes). In the eyes that remained phakic, cataract surgery was often necessary within the first year of follow-up (19.2 to 40% of eyes). After surgery, a VA gain was recorded in 63–94% of eyes, but some eyes (between 0 and 20%) suffered some VA loss. Progression to full-thickness macular hole may occur after surgery, and thus a second surgical intervention may be needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-70547802020-03-08 The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review Danielescu, Ciprian Stanca, Horia Tudor Balta, Florian J Ophthalmol Review Article This literature review aims to provide the retina specialist with answers to patient's questions related to the management of lamellar macular holes (LMHs). Most LMHs are stable over time, but 13–21% present an anatomic decline after 18–24 months of follow-up. Nineteen point five percent of the eyes may experience a visual acuity (VA) loss of more than 5 letters after 3 years. Many surgeons choose to perform surgery when there is significant metamorphopsia or documented decline in VA over time. The typical surgery is phacovitrectomy with the epiretinal membrane and the internal limiting membrane peeling in previously phakic eyes (41.9 to 85.3% of the eyes). In the eyes that remained phakic, cataract surgery was often necessary within the first year of follow-up (19.2 to 40% of eyes). After surgery, a VA gain was recorded in 63–94% of eyes, but some eyes (between 0 and 20%) suffered some VA loss. Progression to full-thickness macular hole may occur after surgery, and thus a second surgical intervention may be needed. Hindawi 2020-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7054780/ /pubmed/32148938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3526316 Text en Copyright © 2020 Ciprian Danielescu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Danielescu, Ciprian Stanca, Horia Tudor Balta, Florian The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review |
title | The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review |
title_full | The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review |
title_fullStr | The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review |
title_short | The Management of Lamellar Macular Holes: A Review |
title_sort | management of lamellar macular holes: a review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32148938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3526316 |
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