Ultrastructure Analysis of Excised Internal Limiting Membrane in Eyes of Highly Myopia With Myopic Traction Maculopathy

Kyorin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myopic Traction Maculopathy

Treatments: Procedure: Vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02528058

Kyorineye018

Details and patient eligibility

About

The excised ILM from 7 eyes of 7 patients with MTM including 7 eyes with macular retinoschisis and 4 eyes with foveal detachment but without any retinal break underwent vitrectomy with induction of posterior vitreous detachment and ILM peeling was examined to evaluate ultrastructure with electron microscopy.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The inclusion criteria were patients who underwent vitrectomy and internal limiting membrane peeling for myopic traction maculopathy and had a follow-up for more than 6 months.

Exclusion criteria

• The patients with follow-up less than 6 months

Trial design

7 participants in 1 patient group

Myopic traction maculopathy

Treatment:

Procedure: Vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling