Author(s) Details:
Olufemi Oderinlo
Eye Foundation Hospital, 27 Isaac John Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Adekunle Olubola Hassan
Eye Foundation Hospital, 27 Isaac John Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Ogugua Okonkwo
Eye Foundation Hospital, 27 Isaac John Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
This section is a part of the chapter: Inverted Flap Technique for Posttraumatic macula Hole Surgery in a Young Male Patient in Sub-Saharan Africa
The original description of the inverted flap technique included a core vitrectomy, trypan blue staining (0.06% solution of trypan blue for 1 minute), epiretinal membrane peeling where present, internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for approximately 2-disc diameters around the macular hole. During the circumferential peeling, the internal limiting membrane is not removed completely from the retina, it is left attached to the edges of the MH and a peripheral piece of the ILM is trimmed and gently massaged over the macular hole from all sides. At the final stage of the procedure, the macular hole is covered with the ILM membrane flap. A fluid-air exchange is performed, and patients are asked to maintain a facedown position for 3 days to 4 days postoperatively (Michalewska et al., 2014)
How to Cite
Oderinlo, O., Hassan, A. O., & Okonkwo, O. (2025). Inverted Flap Technique for Posttraumatic macula Hole Surgery in a Young Male Patient in Sub-Saharan Africa. Medical Science: Trends and Innovations Vol. 4, 40–48. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/msti/v4/4157