Follow-up of macular holes.

A qualitative study of the 72 patients presenting between 1969 and 1982 with full-thickness macular holes unassociated with extensive retinal detachment has been made. Twenty-two affected and 19 fellow eyes have been followed for 24 to 120 (median 56) months. Findings point up the need to investigate more closely the factors inhibiting macular hole development and the oftentimes fine distinctions between the ophthalmological, medical, and sociological contributions to this disability and its prevention.