Return to the Operating Room after Macular Surgery

This registry-based study encompassed a large number of patients but was limited by the inaccessibility of some information and the potential for inaccurate medical records or coding, as it obtained data from multiple electronic health records entities. Excluding cataract surgery, approximately 6% of eyes that underwent vitrectomy to address macular hole or epiretinal membrane returned for a second ophthalmic procedure within a year. In the macular hole group, most secondary non-cataract surgeries were for another macular hole repair procedure. For both macular holes and epiretinal membranes, approximately 2% of eyes required retinal detachment repair surgery within 1 year.