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Management of pediatric traumatic macular holes - case report
| dc.contributor.author | Azevedo, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meireles, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-26T09:58:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-26T09:58:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | PURPOSE: To report and describe the clinical course of four pediatric traumatic macular hole (TMH) cases and respective management. CASE REPORT: Four pediatric patients with macular hole following blunt ocular trauma underwent early pars plana vitrectomy, with consecutive hole closure. Initial visual acuity was <20/400 or worse in all patients. After surgery, all patients had visual acuity improvement, with final visual acuity being <20/50 in 2 of the patients by the end of the follow-up. Macular hole closure was achieved in all patients with a single procedure, and anatomical success was confirmed by optical coherence tomography until the end of the follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Although spontaneous closure of TMH is not uncommon, especially in pediatric patients, early pars plana vitrectomy seems to be a safe and effective choice in pediatric TMH management. The risk/benefit ratio of surgery seems to be better than observation. | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Case Rep Ophthalmol 2013;48(2):20–27 | por |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1159/000350543 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1663-2699 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1650 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | Karger AG | por |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/350543 | por |
| dc.subject | Macular hole | por |
| dc.subject | Trauma | por |
| dc.subject | Pediatric patients | por |
| dc.title | Management of pediatric traumatic macular holes - case report | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Switzerland | por |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 27 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 20 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Case reports in ophthalmology | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 4(2) | por |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |