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| Name | Class |
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| Haukeland University Hospital | OTHER |
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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".
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis ball | Night with tennis ball fastened in the back of the night shirt. A positioning measuring device mounted. |
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| No tennis ball | Night without tennis ball fastened in the back of the night shirt. A positioning measure device mounted. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Positioning measuring device | Procedure | A tennis ball in the night shirt will prevent supine position during sleep. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Time in supine sleeping position | Two days |
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Patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy for macular hole formation, or conditions as epiretinal menbrane or vitreomacular traction where a macular hole formation is likely.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Vegard Forsaa, MD | Helse Stavanger HF | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Haukeland University Hospital | Bergen | 5021 | Norway | |||
| Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 22830524 | Background | Forsaa VA, Raeder S, Hashemi LT, Krohn J. Short-term postoperative non-supine positioning versus strict face-down positioning in macular hole surgery. Acta Ophthalmol. 2013 Sep;91(6):547-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02464.x. Epub 2012 Jul 25. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012167 | Retinal Perforations |
| ID | Term |
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| D012164 | Retinal Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
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| Stavanger |
| 4026 |
| Norway |