Revision Surgery for Idiopathic Macular Hole after Failed Primary Vitrectomy

Table 2

Details of the revision surgery procedure.

Features	Successful revision surgery n = 17	Unsuccessful revision surgery n = 3
Surgery procedure
Vitrectomy with extension of ILM peeling, n (%)	12 (70%)	1 (33%)
Changing tamponade with no complementary peeling, n (%)	2 (12%)	1 (33%)
Inverted flap technique, n (%)	2 (12%)	0 (0%)
ILM transfer (free flap), n (%)	1 (6%)	1 (33%)
Tamponade used
C3F8, n (%)	15 (88%)	3 (100%)
Silicone, n (%)	2 (12%)	0 (0%)
Time to reoperation after MH failure
Months, mean (range)	6 (0.5–57)	1 (1–2)

MH: macular hole. ILM: internal limiting membrane.