Idiopathic Macular Hole

Publication Date: February 1, 2020

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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Key Points

...Key Points...

...People with vitreous traction and no macular hole...


...e 1. Idiopathic Macula...


Etiology

...Eti...

...ost investigators believe that macu...


...Table 2....

...Stage Characteristics...


Diagnosis

...Diagnosis...

Care Process

...Care Process

The initial evaluation of a patient with...


...history includes: duration and location of sy...


...ination includes slit-lamp biomicroscopy...


...al examination also includes an indirect periphera...


OCT offers detailed information about the anat...


...luation should include a careful assessment...


...important to diagnose a macular hole in...


...may also help to identify at-risk eyes evid...


Table 3. Idiopathic Macular Hole (Initial Evaluation and Therapy)

...ble 3. Idiopathic Macular Hole (Initial Eval...

Management

...Management...

Treatment

...Treatment...

...to an ophthalmologist who has experti...


...ce of certain diagnostic procedures is...


...ould be informed to notify their ophtha...


...function-limiting postoperative visual impairm...