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¹Private Eye Clinic, Ankara, Türkiye
²Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
³Gazi University Hospital, Ophtalmology Department, Ankara, Türkiye DOI : 10.37845/ret.vit.2025.34.12 In this case report, we aimed to present the autologous sensorial retina transplantation technique and its result in the treatment of recurrent retinal detachment due to giant macular hole in a patient with degenerative myopia. This was a 34-year-old female patient who had vitreoretinal surgery using silicone oil tamponade twice for recurrent retinal detachment associated with degenerative myopia in the left eye in elsewhere. She was referred to our clinic for recurrent retinal detachment with silicone oil bubble in the anterior chamber and subretinal bands and PVR under the silicone oil. Retina totally detached after silicone oil removal and a giant macular hole become apparent. Following removal of the dense PVR membranes and thick subretinal bands and the shortened retina was relaxed with temporal retinotomy. A piece of autologous sensorial retina graft was prepared from the retinotomy site and put into the macular hole area to seal it. Silicone oil was used as tamponade, and it was removed at the 3rd postoperative month. Following removal of silicone oil, retina stayed attached, the hole was closed, and visual acuity increased to 0.05 at the 6th postoperative month. In conclusion, autologous sensorial retina graft may be a practical, cost-effective and long-term solution for the treatment of recurrent retinal detachment due to giant macular hole in degenerative myopic eyes. Keywords : Degenerative myopia, giant macular hole, autologous sensorial retina graft