Anonymous said...
is it possible to repair a long-standing full-thickness macular hole? my daughter injured her eye at age 2 (she's 26 now). there was a macular pucker to begin; the opthamologist had her see a retinal specialist at age 3; she was uncooperative and specialist didn't get a good look. then by age 6 the opthamologist suggested she see the retinal specialist again, who then confirmed she had a full-thickness retinal hole. I've always hoped that the technology would improve to the point that repair would be possible.
February 9, 2009 11:41 PM
Dear Anonymous:
I believe it would be highly unlikely to achieve much improvement in vision after such a great length of time. Generally surgeons want to repair a macular hole within 6 months, a year at most. There may be a surgeon out there who would perform the surgery but unfortunately the prognosis is not good. Toni
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