Table 3. Surgical procedure performed with a three-port pars plana vitrectomy under retrobulbar anaesthesia by the same surgeon (EMV), according to the following schedule and guidelines (the Declaration of Helsinki, Institutional Review Board, and informed consent was obtained from all subjects before enrolment).

Surgical procedure
Step 1	Surgical removal of the crystalline lens with MICS
Step 2	Phacoemulsification, aspiration, and IOL implantation
Step 3	Sclerotomy and MIVS with 23-gauge sutureless system trocars
Step 4	Core vitreous body removal with high aspiration level
Step 5	Posterior hyaloid and ILM peeling (disposable Eckardt forceps)
Step 6	BSS-air-micro-structured PDMS exchange in eyes with MH

Abbreviations: BSS, balanced sterile saline solution; ILM, inner limiting membrane; IOL, intraocular lens; MICS, microincision cataract surgery; MIVS, microincision pars plana vitrectomy surgery; PDMS, polydimethylsiloxane.