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Br J Ophthalmol 86:1269-1273 doi:10.1136/bjo.86.11.1269
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

Macular hole and myopic refraction

Table 3

Anatomical and functional success rate

High myopia Mild and moderate myopia Emmetropic and hyperopic group
All macular holes
No of eyes 20 18 56
Hole closure
    Overall 20 (100.0%) 17 (94.4%) 50 (89.2%)
    1st operation 16 (80.0%) 14 (77.8%) 40 (71.4%)
Postoperative best corrected visual acuity 0.622 (20/32.2) (0.2 to 1.0) 0.594 (20/33.7) (0.07 to 1.0) 0.511 (20/39.1) (0.08 to 1.0)
LogMAR (mean (SD) 0.206 (0.185) 0.226 (0.249) 0.295 (0.277)
Change of logMAR best corrected visual acuity −0.581 (0.581) (−0.845 to −0.222) −0.517 (0.188) (−0.845 to 0) −0.539 (0.258) (−1.125 to 0)
Follow up duration (months) 21.3 (12.1) (6 to 48) 20.5 (10.9) (6 to 42) 23.5 (13.0) (6 to 48)
Reopening of macular hole 0 (0.0%) 1 (5.5%) 0 (0.0%)
Stage III macular holes
No of eyes 19 16 42
Hole closure
    Overall 19 (100.0%) 16 (100.0%) 40 (95.2%)
    1st operation 16 (80.0%) 13 (81.3%) 34 (81.0%)
Best corrected visual acuity 0.647 (20/30.9) (0.2 to 1.0) 0.687 (20/29.1) (0.3 to 1.0) 0.638 (20/31.4) (0.1 to 1.0)
LogMAR 0.189 (0.188) 0.163 (0.148) 0.198 (0.162)
Change of logMAR best corrected visual acuity −0.575 (0.174) (−1 to −0.398) −0.536 (0.174) (−0.845 to −0.301) −0.599 (0.201) (−1.125 to 0)
Follow up duration (months) 21.8 (12.2) (6 to 48) 20.8 (10.7) (6 to 42) 23.3 (13.7) (6 to 48)
Reopening of macular hole 0 (0.0%) 1 (6.3%) 0 (0.0%)

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