Macular hole associated with paintball ocular trauma
Michalewska, Z.; Michalewski, J.; Nawrocka, Z.; Nawrocki, J.
Klinika Oczna 109(10-12): 450-454
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2157 PMID: 18488394 Document Number: 608384
A presentation of two patients with macular hole after ocular trauma due to paintball. HRT, OCT, SOCT and visual field examinations were performed preoperatively and on 3 postoperative visits. Patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy with trypan blue staining. Final visual acuity 0.6 was achieved in the first patient 6 months after surgery. Best corrected visual acuity 0.2 was achieved in the second patient 3 months after surgery. Macular hole closure was observed on OCT, SOCT, HRT and indirect ophthalmoscopy examination. Pars plana vitrectomy with trypan blue staining and fluid-air exchange is a safe procedure in posttraumatic macular holes. HRT, Oct and SOCT are valuable tools for diagnosis of macular holes and for control after surgical intervention.