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Effect of preoperative retinal sensitivity and fixation on long-term prognosis for idiopathic macular holes

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Abstract

Background

To study the roles of preoperative retinal sensitivity and fixation exams in predicting the long-term prognosis of idiopathic macular hole (IMH) patients after successful vitrectomy.

Methods

A total of 39 IMH patients (39 eyes) were included in this prospective cohort case series study. Twenty-three gauge pars plana vitrectomy was performed on each patient. Results of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), macular hole diameter, MP − 1 microperimetry (MP − 1) tests, and continuity of the photoreceptor inner and outer segment (IS/OS) junction were recorded for analysis.

Results

Postoperative BCVA at 12 months was significantly correlated with macular hole diameters (p < 0.05), preoperative BCVA (p = 0.020), mean retinal sensitivity (p < 0.001), and fixation location percentage (p < 0.001). However, merely preoperative mean retinal sensitivity (r = 0.5448, p < 0.001) and fixation location percentage (r = 0.5624, p < 0.001) were suggested to be quantitatively predictive for the visual prognosis by multiple stepwise linear regression analysis. Moreover, patients that had smaller hole sizes (p < 0.01), better mean retinal sensitivity (p = 0.003), higher fixation quality scores, and higher fixation location percentage (p = 0.008) before surgery were prone to get continuous IS/OS junction 12 months after surgery.

Conclusions

MP-1 exams evaluate the dysfunctional hole margin and thus provide more comprehensive information of the preoperative visual function of IMH patients. Both mean retinal sensitivity and fixation behaviors are ideal measurements in predicting the prognosis after successful macular hole surgery.

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The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interests in any materials discussed in this article.

Funding/Support

This study was supported by grant G.Z.X./No. 2007CB512205 from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, by grant G.Z.X./No. 09XD1400900 from the Science and Technology commission of Shanghai Municipality, by grant G.Z.X./No. 30872825 from National Natural Science Foundation of China, and by grant D.G./No. 30801267 from National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Contributions of authors

Involved in conception and design of study (Z.S., D.G., C.J., G.X.); Analysis and interpretation of data (Z.S., D.G., C.J., M.W.); Writing the article (G.X., Z.S.); Critical revision of the article (G.X., A.S., A.C.J.); Final approval of the article (Z.S., D.G., G.X.); Data collection (Z.S.); Patients referring (G.X.); Statistical expertise (Z.S.); Obtaining funding (G.X., D.G.); and Literature search (Z.S., D.G.).

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Approval for data collection and analysis was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University (NO. KJ2009-16).

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, #83 Fenyang RD., Shanghai, 200031, People’s Republic of China

    Zhongcui Sun, Dekang Gan, Chunhui Jiang, Min Wang & Gezhi Xu

  2. Department of Surgery, and School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, #750 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA

    Alicia Sprecher & Alice C. Jiang

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Sun, Z., Gan, D., Jiang, C. et al. Effect of preoperative retinal sensitivity and fixation on long-term prognosis for idiopathic macular holes. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 250, 1587–1596 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-012-1997-5

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