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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2015 Oct 21;123(1):26–31. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.09.015

Table 2.

Selected Previously Reported Retinal Detachment Rates Following Macular Hole Surgery

Authors Year Vitrectomy Technique N (eyes) Follow-up time (months) RDa rate
Park et al.22 1995 ERMb removal 98 11 (mean) 14%
Banker et al.18 1997 No ILMc peeling 95 12 11%
Tabandeh et al.19 1999 ERM peeling; No ILM peeling 438 30 (mean) 1.8%
Brooks HL, Jr.9 2000 ILM peeling
No ILM peeling
116
44
44.5 (mean) 2.7%
4.5%
Haritoglou et al.10 2002 ILM peeling 99 32 (mean) 2%
Ezra et al.23 2004 ERM peeling; non-ILM peeling 124 24 5.6%
Kwok et al.13 2005 ILM peeling
No ILM peeling
26
25
12 (mean) 7.7%
4%
Tognetto et al.8 2006 ILM peeling
No ILM peeling
1100
527
15 (median) 2.3%
2.9%
Guillaubey et al.12 2007 ILM peeling 272 28 (mean) 6.6%
Patelli et al.20 2007 ILM peeling 24 10 (mean) 16.6%
Christenen14 2009 ILM peeling
Non-ILM peeling
54
25
12 2.2%
Rizzo et al.17 2010 ILM peeling in all cases
20 gauge
23/25 sutureless
301
656
6 1.2%
1.7%
Passemard et al.16 2010 ILM peeling 135 37 (mean) 7.4%
Lois et al.15 2011 ILM peeling
Non-ILM peeling
64
62
6 5%
3%
Sakaguchi et al.7 2012 No ILM peeling 23 83.4 (mean) 0%
Wu and Kung21 2012 ILM peeling High myopia:8
Non-high myopia:34
7.0 (mean)
8.12 (mean)
12.5%
0%
Jackson et al.3 2013 ILM peeling
Non-ILM peeling
1014
64
Unspecified 2.4% (RD surgery)
a

RD= Retinal detachment;

b

ERM= Epiretinal membrane;

c

ILM= Internal limiting membrane