Face-down posturing after idiopathic macular hole surgery: a meta-analysisTo evaluate the full thickness idiopathic macular hole (IMH) closure rates in patients positioning non-supine (NSP) compared with patients positioning face-down (FDP). A computerized search was conducted in the PubMed, ...
patients with macular hole surgery would be positioned face down for 2-3 weeks, although the number of days of face-down positioning required by retina surgeons has been decreasing in recent years.
UK posturing units for post retinal detachment macular hole / vitrectomy eye surgery recovery, face down posturing positioning. 2 Way posturing mirrors to watch TV when posturing face down. All UK and Northern Ireland. No posturing on uncomfortable pillo
gas tamponade for idiopathic macular holes with 2 days of face-down positioning.Patients and methods: This was a prospective, nonrandomized, observational sequential case-series study on 23 consecutive patients receiving macular hole surgery using 20% SF6 and advised to stay in a face-down position...
At the conclusion of surgery, patients were randomised either to face-down posture or to no posture, for 10 days. The primary outcome was macular hole closure. RESULTS: The macular hole was successfully closed in 93.8% of the face-down posture group and in all of the no-posture group. ...
Face-down Positioning in Macular Hole Surgery, is a visiting fellow at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. , is a professor of ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Neither author has any ...
Macular holeVitrectomyOptical coherence tomographyVitreoretinal surgeryVitreoretinal interfaceThe main treatment for macular hole (MH) is pars plana vitrectomy, with or without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, followed by gas tamponade and face-down positioning (FDP). This study aims to present...
Macular hole surgery without face‑down positioning. A pilot study. Retina 1997;17:179‑85.Tornambe PE, Poliner LS, Grote K. Macular hole surgery without face-down positioning. A pilot study. Retina 1997;17: 179 - 85.Heffez JL. Macular hole repair without face-down positioning. Int ...
Lange CA, Membrey L, Ahmad N, Wickham L, Maclaren RE, Solebo L, et al. Pilot randomised controlled trial of face-down positioning following macular hole surgery. Eye. 2012;26(2):272-7.Pilot randomised controlled trial of face-down positioning following macular hole surgery. C. A. K....
Macular hole surgery without face-down positioning. A pilot study. Retina 1997;17:179-85.Tornambe, PE, Poliner, LS, Grote, K (1997) Macular hole surgery without face-down positioning. Retina 17: pp. 179-85Tornambe PE, Poliner LS, Grote K. Macular hole surgery without face-down ...