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Purpose: To present a combined surgical approach for repair of a persistent full-thickness macular hole (MH) in patients with myopic traction maculopathy. Methods: Two cases were evaluated. Results: Combining a macular buckle and pars plana vitrectomy with a controlled subretinal injection of a balanced salt solution resulted in MH closure and vision improvement in both cases. Case 1 also had significant recovery of macular sensitivity on microperimetry evaluation. Conclusions: Retinal redetachment was avoided by using the buckle indentation to provide external support of the posterior pole, resulting in successful closure of the MH and improvement in functional outcomes., Competing Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of the article., (© The Author(s) 2024.)

Background: To report the risk of exudation recurrence and long-term outcomes in patients with choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks, according to its morphology and characteristics by optical coherence tomography angiography., Methods: Retrospective analysis of electronic medical records from three hospitals. We enrolled patients with a clinical diagnosis of angioid streaks choroidal neovascularization that had a minimum follow-up of 12 months. From each record, we extracted general demographic data, best corrected visual acuity (baseline, before and after each disease recurrence and last on file), type of treatment, time between last intravitreal injection and disease recurrence, and classification of the neovascular lesion morphology by optical coherence tomography, and optical coherence tomography angiography. Patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization were used as controls. Interobserver agreement was assessed with a Cohen-Kappa test. The Odds ratio was calculated with a chi2 test for significance. Visual acuity change through time was evaluated with an ANOVA for repeated measurements with an alpha value of 0.05 for statistical significance., Results: We enrolled 30 patients in the study group and 14 in the control group. In the study group, the baseline and final BCVA were 0.861 ± 0.59 and 1.095 ± 0.61 logMAR (p = 0.1) respectively., Control Group: 1.045 ± 0.57 and 0.617 ± 0.53 logMAR (p < 0.05). In the study group, the predominant CNV type by OCTA was mixed (37%), and interlacing (57%) in the control group. Mixed and cog-wheel patterns at baseline had increased Odds for recurrence in the study group (p = 0.09). Patients in the study group required more intravitreal injections on each recurrence episode to achieve disease control (3.5 ± 1.5 vs.1.4 ± 0.2, p < 0.01)., Conclusions: The benefits of anti-VEGF treatment are lost over time in patients with angioid streaks and CNV. Lesion characteristics by optical coherence tomography angiography could help physicians predict the risk of recurrence., Trial Registration: Retrospective registered, and IRB approved., (© 2024. The Author(s).)

Purpose: To evaluate the incidence, rate, and pattern of progression of myopic maculopathy in eyes operated with macular buckle (MB) for myopic traction maculopathy versus a control group without surgery to find out whether the progression varies due to the MB's indentation and to evaluate possible MB-related pigmentary changes or atrophy., Methods: Eyes operated with MB with two good quality fundus images: one preoperative or early postoperative image and a second image at least 12 months apart; the control group comprised the contralateral eyes. Demographics, axial length, follow-up, stage of myopic traction maculopathy, and myopic maculopathy were reported. Progression results of groups and subgroups (mid- and long-term follow-up) were reported and compared., Results: Overall, 116 eyes of 66 patients were included. Progression was found in 29 eyes (41.4%) and 23 eyes (50%) in the MB group and control group, respectively. The progression rate was 73 per 1,000 eye-years and 88.9 per 1,000 eye-years in the MB group and the control group, respectively. Axial length was found to predict progression (odds ratio [OR], 2.59; P = 0.02)., Conclusion: Progression of myopic maculopathy was similar in both groups and was mildly greater in the control group. No MB-related pigmentary changes or atrophy was detected.