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 first report of a macular hole was made by Herman Knapp in 1869. His case along with the second reported case by Noyes, were both traumatic in origin. In 1900, Ogilvie was the first to use the term ‘‘hole in the macula.’’ (Miller et al., 2013). A Macular hole (MH) is a full-thickness defect of the neurosensory retina in the fovea. It is one of the main vitreoretinal interface disorders with a prevalence varying from 0.2 to 0.7% in the general population. (Tam et al., 2018) Females and the elderly population are frequently affected with an incidence of 7.8-8.7 cases per 100,000 populations (Jatoi et al., 2021). MHs can be idiopathic or secondary to trauma or other vitreoretinal disorders like chronic cystoid macula oedema.
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