FOVEAL MICROSTRUCTURE IN MACULAR HOLES SURGICALLY CLOSED BY INVERTED INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE FLAP TECHNIQUE

Abstract

Inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique results in more satisfactory anatomical improvements in patients with idiopathic large MH eyes and highly myopic MH eyes without RD than with highly myopic MH eyes with RD. This might suggest that the foveal photoreceptor layer in MH with RD is destroyed and not recoverable even after retinal reattachment with surgical closure of the MH.