The objective is to determine whether a recovery of the microstructures of the foveal photoreceptors after macular hole (MH) closure is correlated with the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) is determined.
Macular hole patients were evaluated by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to determine the integrity of the microstructures of the foveal photoreceptors. The inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) junction, the external limiting membrane (ELM), and the cone outer segment tips (COST) line were determined preoperatively, and at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after the MH surgery. The correlation between the integrity of the foveal photoreceptor microstructures and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was determined.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
58
Macular hole surgery
Kyorin Eye Center
Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Foveal microstructure determined by optical coherence tomography
The integrity of the microstructures of the foveal photoreceptors; the inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) junction, the external limiting membrane (ELM), and the cone outer segment tips (COST) line were determined by spectral domain optical coherence tomography.
Time frame: Preoperative and postoperative 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 months
The visual acuity
Preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity
Time frame: Preoperative and postoperative 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 months
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