A Case of Closure of Recurrent Full-Thickness Macular Hole by Spontaneous Retinal Detachment around the Macular Hole and Gas Tamponade

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Abstract

Introduction

Here, we present a case of full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) recurrence following two vitrectomies, accompanied by additional internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and gas tamponade. Ultimately, FTMH closure was accomplished by spontaneous retinal detachment around the macular hole and gas tamponade alone.

Case Presentation

The patient, a 54-year-old woman with a lamellar macular hole, had a visual acuity of 20/100 in her left eye. The treatment regimen included cataract surgery, a 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy involving ILM peeling, application of the lamellar hole epiretinal proliferation embedding technique, and subsequent gas tamponade. Closure of the lamellar macular hole was observed a month post-surgery, improving visual acuity to 20/40. However, FTMH developed 3 months after the initial surgery, resulting in visual acuity decline to 20/100. A 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy was performed with extensive ILM peeling and 20% sulfur hexafluoride gas tamponade. FTMH closure was noted within 19 days after reoperation, enhancing visual acuity to 20/66. Approximately 1.5 months after reoperation, a pinhole-shaped macular hole was identified, and the patient opted for follow-up observation due to her refusal to undergo additional surgery. As the macular hole gradually enlarged resembling retinal detachment, outpatient fluid-gas exchange with 14% perfluoropropane was performed 3.5 months after reoperation. The FTMH closed within a week post-gas injection and remained closed for more than 1 year. Consequently, visual acuity in the left eye was sustained at 20/50.

Conclusion

We encountered a case that might highlight the significance of releasing subretinal adhesions surrounding a FTMH for successful closure.

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Large macular holes usually have an increased risk of surgical failure. Up to 44% of large macular holes remain open after 1 surgery. Another 19% to 39% of macular holes are flat-open after surgery. Flat-open macular holes are associated with limited visual acuity. This article presents a modification of the standard macular hole surgery to improve functional and anatomic outcomes in patients with large macular holes. A prospective, randomized clinical trial. Patients with macular holes larger than 400 μm were included. In group 1, 51 eyes of 40 patients underwent standard 3-port pars plana vitrectomy with air. In group 2, 50 eyes of 46 patients underwent a modification of the standard technique, called the inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique. In the inverted ILM flap technique, instead of completely removing the ILM after trypan blue staining, a remnant attached to the margins of the macular hole was left in place. This ILM remnant was then inverted upside-down to cover the macular hole. Fluid-air exchange was then performed. Spectral optical coherence tomography and clinical examination were performed before surgery and postoperatively at 1 week and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Visual acuity and postoperative macular hole closure. Preoperative mean visual acuity was 0.12 in group 1 and 0.078 in group 2. Macular hole closure was observed in 88% of patients in group 1 and in 98% of patients in group 2. A flat-hole roof with bare retinal pigment epithelium (flat-open) was observed in 19% of patients in group 1 and 2% of patients in group 2. Mean (or median) postoperative visual acuity 12 months after surgery was 0.17 (range, 0.1-0.6) in group 1 and 0.28 (range, 0.02-0.8) in group 2 (P = 0.001). The inverted ILM flap technique prevents the postoperative flat-open appearance of a macular hole and improves both the functional and anatomic outcomes of vitrectomy for macular holes with a diameter greater than 400 μm. Spectral optical coherence tomography after vitrectomy with the inverted ILM flap technique suggests improved foveal anatomy compared with the standard surgery. Copyright © 2010 American Academy of Ophthalmology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Idiopathic macular holes are generally considered an untreatable condition. We used modern vitrectomy techniques to evaluate two questions: (1) Is it possible to reattach the retina around the macular hole? (2) If it is reattached, will the patient's central vision improve? In 30 (58%) of 52 patients, we were able to reattach successfully the detached macula with our surgical procedure. In 22 (73%) of the 30 patients in whom the macula was successfully reattached, there was an improvement in visual acuity of two lines or better. In the 22 patients in whom reattachment of the macular hole was not obtained, there was no significant improvement in visual acuity. Thus, the overall success rate for improved vision postoperatively was 42% (22/52). Complications related to surgery were observed in eight patients (15%) early in our experience with this procedure and included increase in the size of the macular hole, mottling of the retinal pigmented epithelium, and a vascular occlusion. Our clinical observations indicate that the treatment of macular holes by vitrectomy may offer some promise for this otherwise untreatable condition. In patients in whom reattachment was successful, the technique used appeared to allow for clinically significant improvements in visual acuity. However, additional work on increasing surgical success and minimizing surgical complications, as well as a further understanding of the mechanism of retinal reattachment, is required before widespread use of this procedure for treating macular holes.

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To update the biomicroscopic classification and anatomic interpretations of the stages of development of age-related macular hole and provide explanations for the remarkable recovery of visual acuity that occurs in some patients after vitreous surgery. Recent biomicroscopic observations of various stages of macular holes are used to postulate new anatomic explanations for these stages. Biomicroscopic observations include the following: (1) the change from a yellow spot (stage 1-A) to a yellow ring (stage 1-B) during the early stages of foveal detachment is unique to patients at risk of macular hole; (2) the prehole opacity with a small stage 2 hole may be larger than the hole diameter; and (3) the opacity resembling an operculum that accompanies macular holes is indistinguishable from a pseudo-operculum found in otherwise normal fellow eyes. The change from a yellow spot (stage 1-A) to a yellow ring (stage 1-B) is caused primarily by centrifugal displacement of retinal receptors after a dehiscence at the umbo. The hole may be hidden by semiopaque contracted prefoveolar vitreous cortex bridging the yellow ring (stage 1-B occult hole). Stage 1-B occult holes become manifest (stage 2 holes) either after early separation of the contracted prefoveolar vitreous cortex from the retina surrounding a small hole or as an eccentric can-opener-like tear in the contracted prefoveolar vitreous cortex, at the edge of larger stage 2 holes. Most prehole opacities probably contain no retinal receptors (pseudo-opercula). Surgical reattachment of the retina surrounding the hole and centripetal movement of the foveolar retina induced by gliosis may restore foveal anatomy and function to near normal.

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Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Case Rep Ophthalmol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Case Rep Ophthalmol

Journal ID (hwp): COP

Journal ID (publisher-id): COP

Title: Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Publisher: S. Karger AG (Basel, Switzerland )

ISSN (Electronic): 1663-2699

Publication date (Electronic): 14 February 2024

Publication date Collection: Jan-Dec 2024

Publication date PMC-release: 14 February 2024

Volume: 15

Issue: 1

Pages: 150-156

Affiliations

[a ]Department of Ophthalmology, Kinan Hospital, Wakayama, Japan

[b ]Department of Advanced Device Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

[c ]Department of Ophthalmology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

[d ]Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

[e ]Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Author notes

Correspondence to: Kentaro Nishida, nishiken@ 123456ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Article

Publisher ID: 536338

DOI: 10.1159/000536338

PMC ID: 10866610

PubMed ID: 38357213

SO-VID: 6cf95e2a-eeec-43d4-8168-0ace4772bdb4

License:

This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) ( http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.

History

Date received : 12 November 2023

Date accepted : 9 January 2024

Date: 2024

Page count

Figures: 3, References: 15, Pages: 7

Funding

No funding was received.

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