Advanced techniques can close ‘difficult’ macular holes

An inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique and autologous retinal transplantation can be used to successfully close certain full-thickness macular holes, according to a speaker at the virtual OSN New York Retina meeting.
“I want to emphasize that the success rate with a traditional PPV and ILM peeling for most macular holes exceeds 90%,” Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA, told Healio/OSN. “However, certain types of holes, such as large, chronic or myopic, are intrinsically more difficult to fix, and for those, I will consider a technique such as an inverted (Read more...)

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