Successful anatomical closure of a photographically documented 30-year-old idiopathic full-thickness macular hole following surgery for concurrent repair of an acute macula-on rhematogenous retinal detachment

• Main Authors: Au Eong, Jonathan T. W., Lim, Jason H. M., George, Sachin M., Au Eong, Kah-Guan
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Macular hole surgery; Retinal detachment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179865
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A 62-year-old man with a 30-year-old photographically documented idiopathic full-thickness macular hole and visual acuity of 6/45 developed an acute macula-on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in his left eye. A pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling around the macular hole, fluid...