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¹Prof. Dr., Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları, Ankara, Türkiye
²Asist. Dr., Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları, Ankara, Türkiye
³Yrd. Doç. Dr., Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları, Ankara, Türkiye In this report, we aimed to present successful treatment of non-closing macular hole with a free internal limiting membrane (ILM) greft with ophthalmic viscoelastic assistance in two patients. A 66-year-old man presented with bilateral macular hole (MH) (stage 2 for the right eye and stage 4 for the left eye). After vitrectomy and ILM peeling, the MH in the left eye was not closed. 2 moths later, we implaced a free ILM fl ep with ophthalmic viscoelastic assistance. The hole was closed one week later. Second case was a 47-year-old woman who was referred to our clinic for a macular hole in her right eye. The MH was assigned as stage 4. She underwent vitrectomy and ILM peeling. The hole was not closed postoperatively. 3 moths later, the same procedure as implacement a free ILM fl ep with ophthalmic viscoelastic assistance was performed. After the surgery the MH was closed. Implacement of free ILM greft with ophthalmic viscoelastic assistance seems to be an effective technique for non-closing macular hole which was not closed after vitrectomy and ILM peeling. Keywords : Non-closing macular hole, ophthalmic viscoelastic