EC Ophthalmology

Objective: To assess the pattern of macular hole in Menilik II comprehensive specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Method: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with macular holes seen at the Retina clinic at Menilik II Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from April 2023 to August 2024. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS version 26.

Results: A total of 56 individuals (58 eyes) were included in this study with age range of 8 to 81 years. Idiopathic macular hole was found in 55.4% of study participants with mean age of 60.6 (24 - 81) years. Traumatic macular hole accounted for 33.9% of macular hole. It was commonly seen in young males with mean age of 31.9 (8 - 70) years. Average size of macular hole was 619.77 (54 - 1115) μm where 82.1% of study participants had macular hole size above 400 μm.

Conclusion: Idiopathic macular hole was found to be the commonest cause of macular hole. It was common in older females. Traumatic macular hole was common in young males. In both Idiopathic and Traumatic macular hole, a larger average size of macular hole was noted.

 Keywords: Macular Hole; Central Vision; Menilik II Hospital; Ethiopia

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