No. of patients

Diagnosis

Total

ILM removed without dye assistance

ILM removed with dye assistance

Large retinal cell debris

Epiretinal cells

Total from diagnosis

Large retinal cell debris

Epiretinal cells

Total from diagnosis

Macular holes

stage II stage III stage IV recurrent secondary

5 33 11 19 11

- 1 2 3 1

- 13 3 8 1

3 24 5 13 8

- 1 2 - -

1 4 3 5 2

2 9 6 6 3

Macular pucker

primary secondary

10 8

1 3

4 4

6 5

- -

2 1

4 3

Vitreomacular traction syndrome

13

2

5

6

2

6

7

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy

4

1

1

2

-

1

2

Diabetic macular edema with traction

6

3

3

3

1

2

3

Total

120

17

42

75

6

27

45

Table 1: Number of specimens that presented with retinal cell fragments of more than 2 μm in diameter or entire cell bodies on the retinal side of the ILM illustrated according to diagnosis and dye assistance with brilliant blue G or trypan blue.