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Table 2 Comparison between patients treated with inverted ILM flap technique and patients treated with ILM peeling alone

From: Characteristics and surgical outcomes of pediatric traumatic macular holes

Variables

Inverted ILM flap (n = 22)

ILM peeling alone (n = 37)

P

Age (years)

12.2 ± 2.3

12.3 ± 2.2

0.929

Gender (male/female)

18/4

30/7

0.944

Laterality (right eye/left eye)

11/11

11/26

0.119

Time interval (months, median (range))

12 (0.5–48)

4 (0.3–24)

0.009

Etiology (blunt trauma/laser injury)

18/4

25/12

0.234

Preoperative BCVA (logMAR)

1.23 ± 0.42

0.91 ± 0.36

0.003

MD (µm)

650.2 ± 242.1

510.4 ± 206.7

0.003

BD (µm)

1226.6 ± 355.2

1067.6 ± 481.1

0.228

Preoperative EZ defect (µm)

1516.3 ± 540.7

1290.9 ± 642.9

0.222

Retinal thickness at hole margin (µm)

317.6 ± 38.6

328.1 ± 37.4

0.429

Eccentricity

0.43 ± 0.21

0.40 ± 0.17

0.601

MH closed (yes/no)

21/1

32/5

0.511

Final BCVA (logMAR)

0.61 ± 0.36

0.50 ± 0.40

0.322

Postoperative EZ defect at 6 months (µm)

381.0 ± 309.3

241.9 ± 392.5

0.279

Postoperative fovea thickness at 6 months (µm)

89.9 ± 31.7

110.2 ± 29.4

0.075

  1. ILM, inner limiting membrane; Time interval, time from injury to surgery; BCVA, best corrected visual acuity; MD, minimal diameter; BD, basal diameter; EZ, ellipsoid zone