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Vaughan Tanner
Sapphire
Is my macular hole too advanced for treatment?
Vaughan Tanner is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sapphire Eye Care. He describes when you may have the best outcomes with treating your macular hole. He also explains what results you could expect following treatment.
Transcript
The vast majority of macular holes are still amenable to treatment, even if they have been present for many months or even years. Of course, the prognosis, the likelihood of getting good vision and macular hole closure, goes down with time, and certainly after a year or two, you would have to have a fairly comprehensive discussion as to what the likely outcome was with surgery and whether the risk and inconvenience was justified.