NCT02011165

An Objective Evaluation of Postoperative Positioning in Macular Hole Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Helse Stavanger HF · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The macular hole formation takes place in the centre of the retina. A closure of the macular hole is believed to take place if the central retinal area is kept dry in the postoperative period. Therefore the eye is filled with a gas mix and the patients are urged to avoid the supine position in the first postoperative days. The investigators use the "tennis ball technique" where a tennis ball is fastened in the back of the night shirt in order to help patients compliance in avoiding the supine sleeping position. The investigators have developed a positioning measuring device which can measure the extent of supine positioning time. Patients are to sleep two nights with the positioning measuring device, one night with a tennis ball in the back of the night shirt and one night without. Hereby the investigators search new knowledge concerning patients compliance and verification of the "tennis ball technique".

Conditions

• Macular Hole

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Positioning measuring device	A tennis ball in the night shirt will prevent supine position during sleep.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-11-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2013-12-13
• Last updated: 2014-12-17

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Norway