Abstract | SUMMARY STATEMENT: BACKGROUND: METHODS: This study was a noncomparative, pilot interventional case series. We examined the CFT and best-corrected visual acuity over 6 months in patients with BRVO treated with direct photocoagulation. RESULTS: Sixteen eyes of 16 patients had been treated with direct photocoagulation (mean follow-up period, 20.5 months). The mean CFT decreased significantly (P<0.001) between the baseline (465 μm) and the final visit (304 μm). The mean (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution equivalent) best-corrected visual acuity at the baseline was 0.39 and improved significantly (P<0.001) to 0.20 at the final visit. CONCLUSION: Direct photocoagulation to leakage points is beneficial for treating chronic macular edema associated with chronic BRVO of longer than 12 months duration.
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Authors | Susumu Sakimoto, Motohiro Kamei, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Mihoko Suzuki, Nagakazu Matsumura, Kentaro Nishida, Kohji Nishida |
Journal | Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)
(Clin Ophthalmol)
Vol. 8
Pg. 2055-60
( 2014)
ISSN: 1177-5467 [Print] New Zealand |
PMID | 25336905
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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