Surgical Outcome of Vitrectomy for Myopic Traction Maculopathy in Highly Myopic Eyes

Kyorin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Maculopathy; Surgery; High Myopia

Treatments: Procedure: vitrectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01658761

KyorinEye008

Myopic maculopathy

Details and patient eligibility

About

Surgical outcome of vitrectomy for myopic traction maculopathy in highly myopic eyes was evaluated in each stage. Efficacy of internal limiting membrane was also evaluated whether it may improve visual outcome.

Full description

Surgical outcome of vitrectomy for myopic traction maculopathy in highly myopic eyes was evaluated in each stage of macular retinischisis, foveal detachment, or macular hole. Efficacy of internal limiting membrane was also evaluated whether it may improve visual outcome.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eyes with myopic traction maculopathy in highly myopic eyes with refractive errors ≤ -8.0 diopters and axial length ≥ 26.0 mm who underwent vitrectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Eyes with follow-up less than a year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 1 patient group

Myopic traction maculopathy

Experimental group

Description:

The 71 eyes of 64 patients (14 men and 50 women) with myopic traction maculopathy in highly myopic eyes (refractive errors ≤-8.0 diopters and axial length ≥26.0 mm) who underwent vitrectomy were retrospectively reviewed.

Treatment:

Procedure: vitrectomy