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Table 1 Summary of reported non-traumatic full-thickness macular hole in paediatric patients

From: Idiopathic full thickness macular hole in a 10-year-old girl

Author, case year

Associated cause of macular hole

No. of patients

Pt no.

Patient age (months, yrs), gender

Presenting BCVA

Size of hole (ÎĽm)

Surgery

Outcome

Last exam BCVA

Ahmad 2005

Retinopathy of Prematurity

5

1

10 months

F

Not reported

Not reported

Yes

Scleral buckle

PPV + FAX

Large macular hole

20/3270

   

2

3 years 2 months

F

Not reported

Not reported

Yes

PPV + ILM peel +FAX

Cyanoacrylate glue applied to the hole

Radial scleral buckle

Cyanoacrylate glue present

Retina attached

20/760

   

3

1 year 3 months

F

Not reported

Not reported

Yes

Radial sponge × 2

Retina attached

CF 2 feet

   

4

1 year 2 months

F

Not reported

Not reported

No

Total retinal detachment

NLP

   

5

2 years

M

Not reported

Not reported

Yes

Radial sponge

PPV + ILM peel + silicone oil

Retina attached

20/360

Albini 2005

Bartonella Neuroretinitis

1

1

10 years

F

CF 1 foot

750 × 500 μm

No

Not reported

Not reported

Yokoyama 2005

Juvenile Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane

1

1

3 years

F

20/125

Not reported

Yes

PPV + ILM Peel

Macular hole closed

20/80

Nakano 2005

Incomplete regression of a Bergmeister Papilla

1

1

10 years

F

20/25

Not reported

Yes

PPV + ICG ILM Peel + SF6

Post operative prone position 1 week

Macular hole closed

20/60

Donnio 2008

Bartonella Neuroretinitis

1

1

11 years

M

20/200

Not reported

No

Not reported

Not reported

Kumar 2010

Coats’ Disease

1

1

9 years

M

20/400

Not reported

No

Not reported

Not reported

Wong 2012

Coats’ Disease

1

1

10 years

M

20/150

Not reported

Yes

PPV + Autologous plasmin enzyme injection

PPV + ICG ILM peel + C3F8 tamponade

Macular hole closed

20/60

Park 2012

Idiopathic

Cavitary Maculopathy

1

1

8 years

F

20/40

Not reported

Yes

PPV + ILM peel + C3F8

Post operative prone position 2 weeks

Macular hole closed

20/40

Fernandez 2013

Accidental Nd:YAG laser

1

1

11 years

M

20/100

1077 μm

Yes

PPV + ILM Peel + C3F8

Post operative prone position 1 week

Macular hole closed

20/25

Seth 2015

Bartonella Neuroretinitis

1

1

11 years

F

CF 1 foot

Not reported

No

Not reported

Not reported

Bansal 2017

Choroidal Coloboma

1

1

10 years

F

20/60

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

  1. BCVA best corrected visual acuity, PPV pars plana vitrectomy, FAX fluid air exchange, ILM internal limiting membrane, CF count fingers, NLP no light perception, ICG indocyanine green, C3F8 Perfluoropropane, SF6 sulfur hexafluoride