Journal article
The Effect of Postoperative Face-Down Positioning and of Long- versus Short-Acting Gas in Macular Hole Surgery: Results of a Registry-Based Study
RW Essex, ZS Kingston, M Moreno-Betancur, B Shadbolt, AP Hunyor, WG Campbell, PP Connell, IL McAllister
Ophthalmology | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2016
Abstract
Purpose To determine whether sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas is noninferior to longer-acting gases in macular hole surgery and whether withholding postoperative face-down positioning (FDP) is noninferior to FDP. Design Registry-style, prospective, nonrandomized, observational cohort study. Participants Patients with idiopathic macular holes undergoing primary surgery. Methods Surgeons were invited to submit clinical details of all macular hole cases receiving surgery. Baseline demographic and clinical information were collected, as well as details of surgical intervention and postoperative posturing advice. Primary follow-up data were collected 3 months postoperatively. Main Outcome Measures M..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Supported in part by a grant from the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia, 2012. The funding organization had no role in the design or conduct of this research.