In eyes with lamellar macular holes, what clinical or OCT features push you toward recommending surgery versus continued observation?
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Ophthalmology · University of Michigan
Most published papers and my personal surgical experience suggest that surgery on eyes with a lamellar hole alone (i.e., without a significant associated ERM) RARELY yields visual improvement. For this reason, I generally discuss the surgical option only in patients with progressive expansion of lam...