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Surgical management of macular holes-indications and complications

Author(s) -

Miroslav Stamenković

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

acta chirurgica iugoslavica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2406-0887

pISSN - 0354-950X

DOI - 10.2298/aci1203085s

Subject(s) - medicine , tears , ophthalmology , macular hole , retinal detachment , retinal , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , visual acuity , vitrectomy , paleontology , biology

Macular hole surgery is very demand surgery performed due to fullthickness macular rupture characterized by abscence of all retinal layers. Indications for surgery includes stages 3 and 4 regarding to Gass classification. Some authors sugest surgery for stage 2 but results are promissing only in anatomical reconstruction. Complications are evident such as cataract, late macular reopening, retinal tears and detachment, visual field defect etc. With improving surgical techniques, the rate of complications became lower.

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