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Filter by:The main objective of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and translocation surgery compared to the conventional surgical approach for treating large idiopathic macular hole (IMH) through a well-designed prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. This study aims to compare the new surgical approach to the conventional approach in terms of improving visual function, promoting macular retinal anatomical healing, and enhancing patients' quality of life. By conducting this prospective clinical trial, establishing a database, and generating clinical reports and evidence-based medicine on the therapeutic efficacy of the ILM peeling and translocation surgery for large IMH.
A full-thickness macular hole is when there is a small gap that opens in the center part of the retina (the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of the eye). Following surgical repair of these holes, patients have to lie face down for a number of days and nights. The exact amount of time necessary to position is however unknown. The goal of this randomized feasibility clinical trial is to compare 3 days and nights of face-down positioning to 7 days and nights of face-down positioning following pars plana vitrectomy surgery for full-thickness macular holes on key patient outcomes. This study will be a feasibility study to better inform a future larger clinical trial. Additionally, this investigation will be examining the rates of macular hole closure, patient visual acuity following surgery, patient quality of life, patient compliance, and complication rates.
Foveal sparing internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling with ILM flap transposition over the macular hole combines the benefits of foveal sparing ILM peeling with ILM flap techniques. Aim of this study is to retrospectively examine the rate of postsurgical macular hole closure, development of central atrophy in the foveal area, and improvement of best corrected distant visual acuity in a group of patients having undergone foveal sparing ILM peeling with ILM flap transposition for macular hole repair.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about an innovative surgical technique for macular hole repair. This technique is for patients with high myopia using pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) combined with corneal flap transplantation. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is the innovative surgical technique useful for patients? - Is the surgical technique safe for patients? Participants will: - Undergo PPV combined with corneal flap transplantation to cover the macular hole. - Maintain a prone position for 2 weeks postoperatively. - Be observed by visual acuity, slit lamp, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus photography for 1 year after surgery.
To evaluate the intra-operative efficacy of a new intra-operative viewing device.
Full thickness macular hole, FTMH, is a retinal disease involving the fovea that cause central vision loss, metamorphopsia and central scotoma. The most effective treatment for FTMH is a pars plana vitrectomy and a tamponade with expansile gas. It is well known that vitrectomy accelerates cataract development. Vitrectomy can therefore be combined with cataract surgery in the same setting, a procedure that is shown to be safe, although increased inflammation and rates of central macular edema have been reported in some studies. Cataract surgery can also be performed prior or deferred until compromising the visual acuity after vitrectomy. Cataract-surgeries are more challenging in vitrectomized eyes due to lack of vitreous support and risk of loose zonules. The normal practice for FTMH at our department is therefore cataract surgery followed by vitrectomy 4 weeks later. A combined phaco-vitrectomy procedure is offered to patients who are at the labor market or when general anesthesia is required for the surgery. In non-presbyopic patients (<50 years) only vitrectomy is performed. The visual improvement after surgery seems to be dependent on preoperative characteristics, such as the preoperative visual acuity, size of the hole and the duration of symptoms. The duration of symptoms is a known prognostic factor, and recently shown that the longer duration, the worse visual outcome. The precise timeframe for the optimal final outcome is not known. The combined surgery is known to be safe in the treatment for epiretinal membrane, where a intravitreal gasfill is not necessary. However, the use of gas in FTHM surgery causes risk of increased movement of the newly inserted intraocular lens. This can lead to increased anterior segment inflammation with ensuing vision threatening cystic macular edema, as mentioned above. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether small FTMH with a short duration of symptoms have better visual outcome with a prompt combined phako-vitrectomy (within two weeks), compared to the current standard of care of receiving cataract surgery as soon as possible and vitrectomy 4 weeks later. How the delay of surgery affects the visual outcome will also be investigated, by including patients with longer duration of symptoms. The main hypothesis is that the chance of better visual outcome is higher for macular holes with early surgery compared to the current standard of care and that the duration of symptoms has significant impact on the visual outcome. Method The study consists of 2 parts. 1. Patients with idiopathic FTMH <400µm in diameter (as defined by The international vitreomacular traction study group classification), with a duration of symptoms of less than 30 days will be randomized into 2 groups: Group1: Combined phaco-vitrectomy within 2 weeks (after referral). Group 2: Current standard of care with cataract surgery as soon as possible and vitrectomy 4 weeks later. 2. Group 3: Patients with small holes <400µm, with a duration of symptoms of more than 3 months and less than one year will be included in this part of the study. These patients will be treated and followed as in Group 2. They will be reviewed a total of 7 times in Group 1 and 9 times in Group 2 and 3: a preoperative examination followed by 6/8 postoperative examinations. Additional examinations will be scheduled if needed.
Idiopathic macular hole (IMH) is a fundus disease without clear etiology, most often seen in healthy women over 50 years of age, and is often associated with ocular manifestations such as loss of central vision and visual distortion. It is often associated with loss of central vision, visual distortion, and other ocular manifestations. It is currently treated by vitrectomy combined with internal limiting membranes (ILM) peeling followed by gas filling. A strict prone position for a certain period of time after surgery has a positive effect on the healing of the macular fissure. The need for a strict prone position after IMH has been demonstrated in previous studies (especially when the IMH diameter is >400 μm). However, due to the anti-human mechanics of the face-down position, patient comfort, sleep quality and quality of life are greatly compromised. Therefore, this study designed a smart head position monitoring device to assist patients in maintaining the correct position and recording the effective position time. The study was conducted to determine the shortest prone position time based on macular fissure closure, to minimize the adverse effects of postoperative position, and to obtain the maximum recovery of visual acuity and visual field.
The aim of the study is to identify morphological and functional biomarkers of post-operative recovery after vitreoretinal surgery, using decisional support systems (DSS), based on multimodal big-data analysis by means of machine learning techniques in daily clinical practice
This prospective randomised controlled trial will be conducted to investigate that increasing the vitrectomy cutting rate from 10,000 cut/min to 20,000 cut/min will result more efficiency and shorter core vitrectomy time, and it is equally safe as compared to the current 10,000 cut/min. We plan to target the patients undergoing for vitrectomy for common vitreoretinal pathology. Our plan is to conduct a randomised study with 2 arms, one with the higher cutting rate (20,000 cut/min) versus a second arm using the existing system 10,000 cuts/min.
In this study, the investigators aim to collect data regarding the efficiency and safety of two dyes used intraoperatively in vitrectomy to stain intraocular tissues. These products have the necessary approvals to use during such operation,These are NOT experimental products.