Surgical outcomes of centripetal non-fovea-sparing internal limiting membrane peeling for myopic foveoschisis with and without foveal detachment: a follow-up of at least 3 years

BackgroundWe evaluated the surgical outcomes of vitrectomy with non-fovea-sparing internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for myopic foveoschisis with a follow-up of at least 3 years.MethodsIn this retrospective study, 32 consecutive eyes with high myopia with or without foveal detachment underwent vitrectomy and centripetal, non-fovea-sparing ILM peeling with gas tamponade for myopic foveoschisis. Outcome measures were visual acuity (VA) and optical coherence tomography findings.ResultsMean axial length was 29.39±1.92 mm; mean follow-up was 42.66 (±8.29) months. Foveoschisis and foveal detachment completely resolved in all eyes postoperatively. Mean central foveal thickness (CFT) improved significantly from 631.88±191.72 to 232.65±69.67 µm, and mean best-corrected visual acuity improved significantly from 0.90 (Snellen equivalent (SE), 20/160)±0.43 logarithm of minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) to 0.43 (SE, 20/54)±0.29 logMAR (both p