Figure 1 Pre‐operative optical coherence tomography of scans of patients 1–8 showing a “without cuff” macular hole configuration characterised by the absence of a distinct retinal cuff of fluid. The hole appears flat and punched out. The macular hole configuration of patient 7 is atypical. Although there is a cuff this hole rather fits into the “without cuff” category because the cuff is small, it does not overlap the hole, and it is not elevated.