Baseline characteristics
| Insertion group | Inverted flap group | P values | |
| Number of eyes | 15 | 26 | |
| Age, years | 66.3±7.80 | 65.7±7.2 | 0.904* |
| Gender, male:female | 6:9 | 3:23 | 0.053† |
| Lens, phakic:pseudophakic | 15:0 | 24:2 | 0.524† |
| Duration of symptoms, months | 7.1±5.2 | 4.10±5.08 | 0.081* |
| BCVA, logMAR units | 1.2±0.4 | 1.0±0.3 | 0.355* |
| Minimum diameter of MH, μm | 662.1±120.9 | 657.1±121.8 | 0.899* |
| Base diameter of MH, μm | 1016.2±152.3 | 1028.9±150.6 | 0.797* |
| EZ defect, μm | 1308.5±383.1 | 1225.4±358.1 | 0.565* |
| ELM defect, μm | 1077.0±241.3 | 1012.1±305.7 | 0.480* |
*Mann-Whitney U test.
†Fisher’s exact test.
BCVA, best corrected visual acuity; ELM, external limiting membrane; EZ, ellipsoid zone; logMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; MH, macular hole.