Combined Versus Successive Macular Hole and Cataract Surgery

University Hospital Center (CHU) Dijon Bourgogne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Macular Hole; Visual Acuity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01069029

Aurore 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare functional and anatomical results of a combined surgery and two time surgery for macular hole and cataract extraction in one hundred and twenty patients (120 eyes) with idiopathic Macular Hole (MH) and cataract in two academic centers.

Full description

Main outcome measures were the assessment of visual acuity at 6 and 12 months,and the rate of closure of MH by OCT (optical coherence tomography).

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Macular Hole Stage 2,3,and 4
• Visual loss
• At least 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• Stage of Macular Hole Stage 1
• Macular hole post traumatism or associated with retinal detachment
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Glaucoma
• Age-related macular degeneration
• Myopia > 6 diopters
• Preoperative pseudophakia

Trial design

120 participants in 2 patient groups

Combined surgery

Description:

Patient which underwent combined surgery of MH and cataract extraction

Successive surgery

Description:

Patients which underwent the two successive procedures