Table 1 Data of the patients treated with phacovitrectomy or vitrectomy alone for macular holes

Number of eyes (n)

72

21

197

73

25

18

Women / men (n)

52 / 20

13 / 8

0.524*

127 / 70

39 / 34

0.129*

14 / 11

11 / 7

0.982*

Mean age in years for women (±SD)

68.06 (±5.22)

75.46 (±6.19)

<0.001†

66.12 (±6.84)

75.42 (±8.31)

<0.001†

69.14 (±7.79)

72.64 (±4.24)

0.195†

Mean age in years for men (±SD)

68.50 (±7.57)

71.87 (±6.66)

0.281†

69.17 (±6.93)

75.03 (±6.18)

0.007†

66.45 (±13.74)

72.43 (±7.39)

0.309†

Right eye / left eye (n)

40 / 32

8 / 13

0.248*

97 / 100

31/42

0.393*

11 / 14

9 / 9

0.937*

Mean follow-up in days (±SD)

16.23 (±6.06)

14.33 (±4.23)

0.186†

16.70 (±11.59)

17.88 (±12.51)

0.472†

19.6 (±10.05)

20.44 (±9.83)

0.785†

Macula hole closed / open (n)

71 / 1

19 / 2

0.248*

184 / 13

62/11

0.053*

24 / 1

15 / 3

0.379*

Retinopexy / no retinopexy (n)

24 / 48

6 / 15

0.884*

77 / 120

20 / 53

0.102*

5 /20

3 / 15

0.904*