New surgery technique for refractory macular hole guided by intraoperative OCT: free internal limiting membrane flap and autologous blood clot
This is a small case series that obtained anatomical success in the macular hole closure with a reproducible technique involving the use of i-OCT to position a free ILM flap, anchored by a blood clot obtained from per operatory retinal bleeding. Further controlled research needs to be done to prove the efficacy.
Authors
- David Leonardo Cruvinel Isaac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-2660)
- Thaís Bastos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-8724)
- Lucio Pereira Neves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9152-7972)
- Antônio Casella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4552-2799)
- Marcos Pereira de Ávila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-9549)
- Letícia Pinheiro de Freitas
Institutions
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Goiás (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40942-025-00681-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Retinal and Macular Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.72