TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effect of an Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap on Retinal Function after Macular Hole Surgery
AU - Horiguchi, Masayuki
AU - Tanikawa, Atsuhiro
AU - Mizuguchi, Tadashi
AU - Tanaka, Hidenori
AU - Sugimoto, Mitsuo
AU - Shimada, Yoshiaki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Purpose To study the effect of an inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap on the retina. Design Prospective case series. Participants Twenty-nine patients with large (>400 μm) unilateral macular holes underwent surgery using a modified inverted ILM flap technique. Methods The macular ILM was peeled, and a large (2–3 disc diameter) ILM flap was made on the superior side of the hole, and then the flap was inverted on the inferior side. Main Outcome Measures In all patients, multifocal electroretinograms (mfERGs) were recorded from operated eyes and normal fellow eyes. The peak time and amplitude of N1, P1, and N2 in the focal ERG from the upper retina without the ILM flap and those from the lower retina with the ILM flap were evaluated. In 14 patients, microperimetry was also performed in both eyes, and the averaged sensitivity was measured from the upper and lower areas. Results The peak times of P1 and N2 from the upper and lower retina were significantly longer in operated eyes than in the fellow eyes (P1 upper and lower: P < 0.04, N2 upper: P < 0.01, and N2 lower: P < 0.04), although we could not identify a significant difference in peak time and amplitude of N1, P1, and N2 between the upper retina and lower retina in both eyes (fellow eye—N1 amplitude: P > 0.2, N1 peak time: P > 0.5, P1 amplitude: P > 0.9, P1 peak time: P > 0.4, N2 amplitude: P > 0.9, N2 peak time: P > 0.9; operated eye—N1 amplitude: P > 0.8, N1 peak time: P > 0.4, P1 amplitude: P > 0.6, P1 peak time: P > 0.4, N2 amplitude: P > 0.9, N2 peak time: P > 0.9). We could not observe a significant difference in sensitivity between the upper and lower retinas in both eyes (fellow eye: P = 0.28, operated eye: P = 0.66). Conclusions The results of this study revealed no significant difference between the upper retina without the ILM flap and the lower retina with the ILM flap, suggesting that an inverted ILM flap has little effect on retinal function.
AB - Purpose To study the effect of an inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap on the retina. Design Prospective case series. Participants Twenty-nine patients with large (>400 μm) unilateral macular holes underwent surgery using a modified inverted ILM flap technique. Methods The macular ILM was peeled, and a large (2–3 disc diameter) ILM flap was made on the superior side of the hole, and then the flap was inverted on the inferior side. Main Outcome Measures In all patients, multifocal electroretinograms (mfERGs) were recorded from operated eyes and normal fellow eyes. The peak time and amplitude of N1, P1, and N2 in the focal ERG from the upper retina without the ILM flap and those from the lower retina with the ILM flap were evaluated. In 14 patients, microperimetry was also performed in both eyes, and the averaged sensitivity was measured from the upper and lower areas. Results The peak times of P1 and N2 from the upper and lower retina were significantly longer in operated eyes than in the fellow eyes (P1 upper and lower: P < 0.04, N2 upper: P < 0.01, and N2 lower: P < 0.04), although we could not identify a significant difference in peak time and amplitude of N1, P1, and N2 between the upper retina and lower retina in both eyes (fellow eye—N1 amplitude: P > 0.2, N1 peak time: P > 0.5, P1 amplitude: P > 0.9, P1 peak time: P > 0.4, N2 amplitude: P > 0.9, N2 peak time: P > 0.9; operated eye—N1 amplitude: P > 0.8, N1 peak time: P > 0.4, P1 amplitude: P > 0.6, P1 peak time: P > 0.4, N2 amplitude: P > 0.9, N2 peak time: P > 0.9). We could not observe a significant difference in sensitivity between the upper and lower retinas in both eyes (fellow eye: P = 0.28, operated eye: P = 0.66). Conclusions The results of this study revealed no significant difference between the upper retina without the ILM flap and the lower retina with the ILM flap, suggesting that an inverted ILM flap has little effect on retinal function.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oret.2017.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.oret.2017.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058547406
SN - 2468-7219
VL - 1
SP - 421
EP - 427
JO - Ophthalmology Retina
JF - Ophthalmology Retina
IS - 5
ER -