RESULTS OF VITRECTOMY IN IDIOPATHIC MACULAR HOLE

The study was conducted on 30 eyes (46.7% right eyes) of 29 patients (69% female) with mean age of 65.2±5.6 years. Mean duration of symptoms was 3.2 ±3.7 months (66.7% less than 6 months). Preoperatively macular holes were in stages 2, 3, and 4 in 3.0%, 36.7%, and 33.3%, respectively. ILM removal was performed in 21 eyes (70%). Mean visual acuity was 0.99 ±0.6 LogMAR preoperatively which reached to 0.87±0.39 LogMAR postoperatively (P=0.05). Single operation anatomical success rate was 80% (24 eyes) and final success rate was 86.7% (26 eyes). Retinal breaks developed in 3 eyes (10%) intraoperatively. ILM removal had no effect on increasing the rate of macular hole closure.