Miotto Montesinos, Giuseppe CornelioPino Urias, NaimaMarquez Marchan, Andrea CarolinaGuerrero Cabrera, Susana TeresaRojas Alvarez, Eduardo2023-10-132023-10-1320231874-3641http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/43191https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85163737228&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&sid=5621846c0d51a1eb63f7d7da1b125429&sot=b&sdt=b&s=TITLE-ABS-KEY%28Clinical-surgical+Characteristics+of+Patients+with+Macular+Hole.+Exilaser+Ophthalmological+Center.+Cuenca%2C+Ecuador.+2015-2019%29&sl=140&sessionSearchId=5621846c0d51a1eb63f7d7da1b125429Background: The macular hole (MH) is one of the least studied ophthalmological pathologies; satisfactory treatment has been achieved through the implementation of surgical techniques a few years ago and the study and analysis of its clinical-surgical characteristics are of vital importance to assess the success of surgery with intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Objective: Describe the clinical-surgical characteristics of patients diagnosed with a macular hole at the EXILASER Ophthalmological Center in Cuenca in the period 2015-2019. Methods: Descriptive, retrospective study. The study universe corresponds to 75 patients who attended the EXILASER Ophthalmological Center and were diagnosed with MH between January-2015 and December-2019. Results: 76.0% of the patients are women; 81.3% are between 60 and 79 years old; 96.0% reside in urban areas; 34.7% are dedicated to housework; 24.0% report cataracts; 26.7% have arterial hypertension; 84.0% presented loss of central vision; 80.0% had decreased visual acuity. 50.7% presented affection only in the right eye; 53.3% had a chronic evolution greater than one year; 33.3% presented grade III MH. 44.0% had surgery; 93.9% had anatomical surgical closure. The relationship between the degree of MH, time of evolution, and closure of the MH was not significant (p> 0.05). Conclusion: The success rate of MH closure after surgical intervention is greater than 90% with improvement in postoperative visual acuity. No significant association was found between the grade of the MH, time of evolution, and the closure of the MH.es-ESMHDeCSOphthalmologyVisual acuityVisual healthVitrectomyARTÍCULO10.2174/18743641-v17-e230608-2023-2