Upright positioning facilitates the absorption of macular hole-related oedema
Macular hole-related oedema decreases when the patients are upright and increases, in parallel with an increase in mean minimum macular hole diameter, when they are recumbent. The reduction of macular oedema is correlated with a reduction in mean ocular perfusion pressure, indicating that the oedema is influenced by subtle leakage from retinal capillaries. The results suggest that upright positioning might be beneficial in the early postoperative period of macular hole surgery.
Authors
- Birger Lindtjørn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9371-1818)
- Vegard A. Forsaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-4207)
- Anastasia Ushakova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0621-5032)
- Jørgen Krohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4783-2974)
- Kristian Dahlø
Institutions
- Stavanger University Hospital (NO)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- University of Stavanger (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-025-06757-1
- Primary Topic
- Retinal and Macular Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00