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Bina Journal of …, 2010
Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central reti... more Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with each other and with the natural course of the disease. Methods: This study was conducted on 63 eyes of 63 patients including 13 eyes in the radial optic ...
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2017
© 2017 Journal of ophthalmic and Vision research | published by Wolters KluWer medKnoW Multiple E... more © 2017 Journal of ophthalmic and Vision research | published by Wolters KluWer medKnoW Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS) was first described by Jampol and colleagues in 1984 as an acute, idiopathic, and typically unilateral disturbance in vision.[1] It manifests as transient small gray‐white dots in the outer retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) with foveal granularityas the most characteristic feature.[1,2] Other features include an edematous appearing optic nerve head and the presence of cells in the vitreous. No known racial or hereditary predilections have been reported.[3] Associated clinical findings include a flu‐like prodrome, predisposition to involve young females, blurred disc margins, and temporal scotomata.[1] Although the precise pathogenesis remains unknown, a viral‐like infection with a possible immune‐mediated mechanism and genetic susceptibility is suspected.[4] In all of the MEWDS variants, a predilection for inflammation seems to exist in the ...
Inverted ILM flap technique in Optic Disc Pit Maculopathy: An Iranian experience with review of the literature
Purpose To present the outcome of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODPM) managed successfully with inv... more Purpose To present the outcome of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODPM) managed successfully with inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap over the optic disc. Methods This prospective case series included three patients with ODPM who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with posterior vitreous detachment induction, followed by inverted ILM flap over the optic disc and gas tamponade. Patients were followed for 7-16 weeks as regards their functional and anatomical findings. A narrative review is also provided about Pathology, Pathogenesis, and surgical techniques in the treatment of ODPM Results Three adult patients (25–39 years old) were evaluated, with a mean duration of decreased visual acuity of 7.33 ± 2.40 months (4-12 months). Postoperatively, BCVA improved dramatically in one patient from 2/200 to 20/25. BCVA in the other two improved two and three lines, to 20/50 and 20/30, respectively. Significant anatomic improvement was achieved in all patients. Conclusion Vitrectomy with in...
Advanced Biomedical Research
The silicone oil is most frequently indicated in rhegmatogenous RDs that complicated by prolifera... more The silicone oil is most frequently indicated in rhegmatogenous RDs that complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy, giant retinal tears, rhegmatogenous, or combined tractional RD due to proliferative diabetic retinopathy, ocular trauma, RD complicated by iris neovascularization, patients without compliance for positioning and postoperative fluid-gas exchange and plan of air traveling by the patient. The use of silicone oil as a tamponading material for the treatment of complicated RD is common, but some postoperative complications may happen. [3-7] Postoperative complications such as refractive error changes, band keratopathy, oil emulsification, optic atrophy, and glaucoma. To prevent these complications, the silicone oil has to be removed after few months of injection.
Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research, 2016
Idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (MFC) and/or punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) describe a chro... more Idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (MFC) and/or punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) describe a chronic progressive bilateral inflammatory chorioretinopathy that predominantly affect healthy myopic white women with no known associated systemic or ocular diseases. The principal sites of involvement are the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and outer retinal spaces; the choroid is not affected during the active phase of the disease. Idiopathic MFC with atrophy is a recently described variant. Although there is no generally accepted standard treatment, anti-inflammatory and anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) agents are necessary in the acute stage to control the inflammation and choroidal neovascularization (CNV).
Journal of ophthalmic & vision research
Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) was first described by J. Donald M. Gass in 1992 [1]... more Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) was first described by J. Donald M. Gass in 1992 [1] as a "syndrome" characterized by sudden onset photopsia and acute scotomas related to loss of sectors of outer retinal function in typically young, otherwise healthy individuals including 10 female and 3 male subjects. [1] Early funduscopic appearance was often normal; however, most patients developed zones of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) atrophy or pigment clumping in one or both eyes when followed over time. [2] Persistent visual field defects, some corresponding electroretinogram (ERG) changes, retinal arterial narrowing and eventually chorioretinal atrophy were usually observed. [1,2] The pathogenesis of the disease was uncertain, but Gass stated that a virus was the best explanation for the progressive abnormalities in the fundus and no treatment modalities have shown any proven evidence of benefit. Gass speculated that AZOOR, pathologically and etiologically was related to a spectrum of so called the "AZOOR complex" and included multiple e v a n e s c e n t w h i t e d o t s y n d r o m e (M E W D S) , acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement (AIBSE) syndrome, acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN), presumed ocular histoplasmosis (POHS), punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC), and multifocal choroiditis (MFC). [3] The basis for his speculation was that all of these disorders most commonly occurred in young adult women (similar demographic features) with primary involvement of the outer retina, and that all entities may be associated with inflammation, visual field loss and in some instances, ERG abnormalities. [2] However, the AZOOR complex differs from well-defined AZOOR and should be differentiated in order to assist ophthalmologists in the clinical setting for a particular diagnosis and management. Since the first description of AZOOR, various aspects of the disease have been evaluated in multiple publications, but this entity was ill-defined and poorly understood because of the absence of histopathology and very little knowledge of its pathogenesis. Nevertheless
Choroidal lymphoma masquerading as anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
European journal of ophthalmology
To report a patient with presumed nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) found o... more To report a patient with presumed nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) found on our evaluation to have bilateral uveal lymphoma. The clinical history and physical examination, Humphrey visual field testing, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fine needle aspiration biopsy specimen of a 60-year-old man with presumed NAION were evaluated. The patient initially presented with painless blurred vision OD and foreign body sensation OS. Upon examination, he was found to have optic nerve edema OD suspicious for NAION and oral steroids were employed with no improvement. Later, an abnormality in the left eye raised suspicion for choroidal metastasis. By ultrasound, the tumor in the left choroid was acoustically hollow. MRI of the orbits revealed a choroidal infiltrative process OU. Fine needle aspiration biopsy of OS confirmed atypical lymphocytes, predominantly small to intermediate sized, without necrosis. The patient was treated with external beam radi...
Prognosis of Uveal Melanoma in 500 Cases Using Genetic Testing of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Specimens
Ophthalmology, 2011
To determine the relationship between monosomy 3 and incidence of metastasis after genetic testin... more To determine the relationship between monosomy 3 and incidence of metastasis after genetic testing of uveal melanoma using fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Noncomparative retrospective case series. Five hundred patients. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy was performed intraoperatively immediately before plaque radiotherapy. The specimen underwent genetic analysis using DNA amplification and microsatellite assay. Systemic follow-up was obtained regarding melanoma-related metastasis. Presence of chromosome 3 monosomy (loss of heterozygosity) and occurrence of melanoma metastasis. Disomy 3 was found in 241 melanomas (48%), partial monosomy 3 was found in 133 melanomas (27%), and complete monosomy 3 was found in 126 melanomas (25%). The cumulative probability for metastasis by 3 years was 2.6% for disomy 3, 5.3% for partial monosomy 3 (equivocal monosomy 3), and 24.0% for complete monosomy 3. At 3 years, for tumors with disomy 3, the cumulative probability of metastasis was 0% for small (0-3 mm thickness), 1.4% for medium (3.1-8 mm thickness), and 23.1% for large (>8 mm thickness) melanomas. At 3 years, for tumors with partial monosomy 3, the cumulative probability of metastasis was 4.5% for small, 6.9% for medium, and [insufficient numbers] for large melanomas. At 3 years, for tumors with complete monosomy 3, the cumulative probability of metastasis was 0% for small, 24.4% for medium, and 57.5% for large melanomas. The most important factors predictive of partial or complete monosomy 3 included increasing tumor thickness (P = 0.001) and increasing distance to optic disc (P = 0.002). According to FNAB results, patients with uveal melanoma demonstrating complete monosomy 3 have substantially poorer prognosis at 3 years than those with partial monosomy 3 or disomy 3. Patients with partial monosomy 3 do not significantly differ in outcome from those with disomy 3.
Correspondence
Retina, 2005
Idiopathic Retinal Vasculitis, Aneurysms, and Neuroretinitis in a Patient With Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Archives of Ophthalmology, 2012
Visual Outcomes in Five Different Approaches for Treatment of Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers, and Imaging, 2010
Four treatment methods for central retinal vein occlusion were compared with its natural course. ... more Four treatment methods for central retinal vein occlusion were compared with its natural course. In this partially prospective, comparative, interventional case series on 63 eyes with central retinal vein occlusion, five approaches were compared: intravitreal triamcinolone injection; radial optic neurotomy; combined radial optic neurotomy and intraocular triamcinolone injection; combined internal limiting membrane peeling, radial optic neurotomy, and intraocular triamcinolone; and observation. Final visual acuity in the intravitreal triamcinolone group was better compared with the observation (P = .025), radial optic neurotomy (P = .037), combined radial optic neurotomy/intraocular triamcinolone injection (P = .401), and combined internal limiting membrane peeling, radial optic neurotomy, and intraocular triamcinolone injection (P = .023) groups. However, after adjustment for baseline visual acuity, the only treatment method with significant visual acuity improvement in relation to ...
Identification of intraretinal neovascularization by high-speed indocyanine green angiography in idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye
Rapid advances in imaging technology have dramatically improved our understanding of the flow pat... more Rapid advances in imaging technology have dramatically improved our understanding of the flow patterns of intraretinal circulation in normal and diseased states. To identify the angiographic features and flow pattern of retinal circulation in a patient with type 2 idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia, dynamic simultaneous high-speed videoangiography using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy was performed. This diagnostic tool provides enhanced anatomic resolution of retinal arterioles otherwise poorly defined by regular fluorescein and static indocyanine green angiography. High-speed indocyanine green angiography demonstrated dynamic flow abnormalities such as intraretinal neovascular complex and retino-retinal anastomosis in idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia.
To evaluate the effect of oral prednisolone on visual outcome and complications of scleral buckli... more To evaluate the effect of oral prednisolone on visual outcome and complications of scleral buckling (SB) in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Methods: In a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, patients with acute RRD who underwent SB were randomly divided into two groups. Oral prednisolone was administered for the treatment group and placebo for the control group. The two groups were compared for visual acuity (VA), retinal detachment (RD), cystoid macular edema (CME), and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). Results: The trial was performed on 25 patients in the treatment group and 27 patients in the placebo group. Mean preoperative VA (LogMAR) was 1.46±0.81 overall, including 0.85±0.62 in the treatment group 0.26±0.61 in the placebo group (P=0.39). Extent of RD, hypotony and RD location were equal in both groups. Choroidal detachment was seen in 3 eyes in the treatment group and 4 eyes in the placebo group. (P=0.45) Significant PVR was seen in one eye in the treatment group and 3 eyes in the placebo group. (P=0.33) CME was seen in 3 eyes in the treatment group and 5 eyes in the placebo group. (P=0.39) Conclusion: Postoperative oral prednisolone does not seem to affect visual outcomes and complications of scleral buckling in phakic patients.
Bina Journal of …, 2010
Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central reti... more Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with each other and with the natural course of the disease. Methods: This study was conducted on 63 eyes of 63 patients including 13 eyes in the radial optic ...
Bina Journal of …, 2010
Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central reti... more Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with each other and with the natural course of the disease. Methods: This study was conducted on 63 eyes of 63 patients including 13 eyes in the radial optic ...
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2017
© 2017 Journal of ophthalmic and Vision research | published by Wolters KluWer medKnoW Multiple E... more © 2017 Journal of ophthalmic and Vision research | published by Wolters KluWer medKnoW Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS) was first described by Jampol and colleagues in 1984 as an acute, idiopathic, and typically unilateral disturbance in vision.[1] It manifests as transient small gray‐white dots in the outer retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) with foveal granularityas the most characteristic feature.[1,2] Other features include an edematous appearing optic nerve head and the presence of cells in the vitreous. No known racial or hereditary predilections have been reported.[3] Associated clinical findings include a flu‐like prodrome, predisposition to involve young females, blurred disc margins, and temporal scotomata.[1] Although the precise pathogenesis remains unknown, a viral‐like infection with a possible immune‐mediated mechanism and genetic susceptibility is suspected.[4] In all of the MEWDS variants, a predilection for inflammation seems to exist in the ...
Inverted ILM flap technique in Optic Disc Pit Maculopathy: An Iranian experience with review of the literature
Purpose To present the outcome of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODPM) managed successfully with inv... more Purpose To present the outcome of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODPM) managed successfully with inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap over the optic disc. Methods This prospective case series included three patients with ODPM who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with posterior vitreous detachment induction, followed by inverted ILM flap over the optic disc and gas tamponade. Patients were followed for 7-16 weeks as regards their functional and anatomical findings. A narrative review is also provided about Pathology, Pathogenesis, and surgical techniques in the treatment of ODPM Results Three adult patients (25–39 years old) were evaluated, with a mean duration of decreased visual acuity of 7.33 ± 2.40 months (4-12 months). Postoperatively, BCVA improved dramatically in one patient from 2/200 to 20/25. BCVA in the other two improved two and three lines, to 20/50 and 20/30, respectively. Significant anatomic improvement was achieved in all patients. Conclusion Vitrectomy with in...
Advanced Biomedical Research
The silicone oil is most frequently indicated in rhegmatogenous RDs that complicated by prolifera... more The silicone oil is most frequently indicated in rhegmatogenous RDs that complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy, giant retinal tears, rhegmatogenous, or combined tractional RD due to proliferative diabetic retinopathy, ocular trauma, RD complicated by iris neovascularization, patients without compliance for positioning and postoperative fluid-gas exchange and plan of air traveling by the patient. The use of silicone oil as a tamponading material for the treatment of complicated RD is common, but some postoperative complications may happen. [3-7] Postoperative complications such as refractive error changes, band keratopathy, oil emulsification, optic atrophy, and glaucoma. To prevent these complications, the silicone oil has to be removed after few months of injection.
Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research, 2016
Idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (MFC) and/or punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) describe a chro... more Idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (MFC) and/or punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) describe a chronic progressive bilateral inflammatory chorioretinopathy that predominantly affect healthy myopic white women with no known associated systemic or ocular diseases. The principal sites of involvement are the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and outer retinal spaces; the choroid is not affected during the active phase of the disease. Idiopathic MFC with atrophy is a recently described variant. Although there is no generally accepted standard treatment, anti-inflammatory and anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) agents are necessary in the acute stage to control the inflammation and choroidal neovascularization (CNV).
Journal of ophthalmic & vision research
Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) was first described by J. Donald M. Gass in 1992 [1]... more Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) was first described by J. Donald M. Gass in 1992 [1] as a "syndrome" characterized by sudden onset photopsia and acute scotomas related to loss of sectors of outer retinal function in typically young, otherwise healthy individuals including 10 female and 3 male subjects. [1] Early funduscopic appearance was often normal; however, most patients developed zones of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) atrophy or pigment clumping in one or both eyes when followed over time. [2] Persistent visual field defects, some corresponding electroretinogram (ERG) changes, retinal arterial narrowing and eventually chorioretinal atrophy were usually observed. [1,2] The pathogenesis of the disease was uncertain, but Gass stated that a virus was the best explanation for the progressive abnormalities in the fundus and no treatment modalities have shown any proven evidence of benefit. Gass speculated that AZOOR, pathologically and etiologically was related to a spectrum of so called the "AZOOR complex" and included multiple e v a n e s c e n t w h i t e d o t s y n d r o m e (M E W D S) , acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement (AIBSE) syndrome, acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN), presumed ocular histoplasmosis (POHS), punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC), and multifocal choroiditis (MFC). [3] The basis for his speculation was that all of these disorders most commonly occurred in young adult women (similar demographic features) with primary involvement of the outer retina, and that all entities may be associated with inflammation, visual field loss and in some instances, ERG abnormalities. [2] However, the AZOOR complex differs from well-defined AZOOR and should be differentiated in order to assist ophthalmologists in the clinical setting for a particular diagnosis and management. Since the first description of AZOOR, various aspects of the disease have been evaluated in multiple publications, but this entity was ill-defined and poorly understood because of the absence of histopathology and very little knowledge of its pathogenesis. Nevertheless
Choroidal lymphoma masquerading as anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
European journal of ophthalmology
To report a patient with presumed nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) found o... more To report a patient with presumed nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) found on our evaluation to have bilateral uveal lymphoma. The clinical history and physical examination, Humphrey visual field testing, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fine needle aspiration biopsy specimen of a 60-year-old man with presumed NAION were evaluated. The patient initially presented with painless blurred vision OD and foreign body sensation OS. Upon examination, he was found to have optic nerve edema OD suspicious for NAION and oral steroids were employed with no improvement. Later, an abnormality in the left eye raised suspicion for choroidal metastasis. By ultrasound, the tumor in the left choroid was acoustically hollow. MRI of the orbits revealed a choroidal infiltrative process OU. Fine needle aspiration biopsy of OS confirmed atypical lymphocytes, predominantly small to intermediate sized, without necrosis. The patient was treated with external beam radi...
Prognosis of Uveal Melanoma in 500 Cases Using Genetic Testing of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Specimens
Ophthalmology, 2011
To determine the relationship between monosomy 3 and incidence of metastasis after genetic testin... more To determine the relationship between monosomy 3 and incidence of metastasis after genetic testing of uveal melanoma using fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Noncomparative retrospective case series. Five hundred patients. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy was performed intraoperatively immediately before plaque radiotherapy. The specimen underwent genetic analysis using DNA amplification and microsatellite assay. Systemic follow-up was obtained regarding melanoma-related metastasis. Presence of chromosome 3 monosomy (loss of heterozygosity) and occurrence of melanoma metastasis. Disomy 3 was found in 241 melanomas (48%), partial monosomy 3 was found in 133 melanomas (27%), and complete monosomy 3 was found in 126 melanomas (25%). The cumulative probability for metastasis by 3 years was 2.6% for disomy 3, 5.3% for partial monosomy 3 (equivocal monosomy 3), and 24.0% for complete monosomy 3. At 3 years, for tumors with disomy 3, the cumulative probability of metastasis was 0% for small (0-3 mm thickness), 1.4% for medium (3.1-8 mm thickness), and 23.1% for large (>8 mm thickness) melanomas. At 3 years, for tumors with partial monosomy 3, the cumulative probability of metastasis was 4.5% for small, 6.9% for medium, and [insufficient numbers] for large melanomas. At 3 years, for tumors with complete monosomy 3, the cumulative probability of metastasis was 0% for small, 24.4% for medium, and 57.5% for large melanomas. The most important factors predictive of partial or complete monosomy 3 included increasing tumor thickness (P = 0.001) and increasing distance to optic disc (P = 0.002). According to FNAB results, patients with uveal melanoma demonstrating complete monosomy 3 have substantially poorer prognosis at 3 years than those with partial monosomy 3 or disomy 3. Patients with partial monosomy 3 do not significantly differ in outcome from those with disomy 3.
Correspondence
Retina, 2005
Idiopathic Retinal Vasculitis, Aneurysms, and Neuroretinitis in a Patient With Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Archives of Ophthalmology, 2012
Visual Outcomes in Five Different Approaches for Treatment of Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers, and Imaging, 2010
Four treatment methods for central retinal vein occlusion were compared with its natural course. ... more Four treatment methods for central retinal vein occlusion were compared with its natural course. In this partially prospective, comparative, interventional case series on 63 eyes with central retinal vein occlusion, five approaches were compared: intravitreal triamcinolone injection; radial optic neurotomy; combined radial optic neurotomy and intraocular triamcinolone injection; combined internal limiting membrane peeling, radial optic neurotomy, and intraocular triamcinolone; and observation. Final visual acuity in the intravitreal triamcinolone group was better compared with the observation (P = .025), radial optic neurotomy (P = .037), combined radial optic neurotomy/intraocular triamcinolone injection (P = .401), and combined internal limiting membrane peeling, radial optic neurotomy, and intraocular triamcinolone injection (P = .023) groups. However, after adjustment for baseline visual acuity, the only treatment method with significant visual acuity improvement in relation to ...
Identification of intraretinal neovascularization by high-speed indocyanine green angiography in idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye
Rapid advances in imaging technology have dramatically improved our understanding of the flow pat... more Rapid advances in imaging technology have dramatically improved our understanding of the flow patterns of intraretinal circulation in normal and diseased states. To identify the angiographic features and flow pattern of retinal circulation in a patient with type 2 idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia, dynamic simultaneous high-speed videoangiography using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy was performed. This diagnostic tool provides enhanced anatomic resolution of retinal arterioles otherwise poorly defined by regular fluorescein and static indocyanine green angiography. High-speed indocyanine green angiography demonstrated dynamic flow abnormalities such as intraretinal neovascular complex and retino-retinal anastomosis in idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia.
To evaluate the effect of oral prednisolone on visual outcome and complications of scleral buckli... more To evaluate the effect of oral prednisolone on visual outcome and complications of scleral buckling (SB) in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Methods: In a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, patients with acute RRD who underwent SB were randomly divided into two groups. Oral prednisolone was administered for the treatment group and placebo for the control group. The two groups were compared for visual acuity (VA), retinal detachment (RD), cystoid macular edema (CME), and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). Results: The trial was performed on 25 patients in the treatment group and 27 patients in the placebo group. Mean preoperative VA (LogMAR) was 1.46±0.81 overall, including 0.85±0.62 in the treatment group 0.26±0.61 in the placebo group (P=0.39). Extent of RD, hypotony and RD location were equal in both groups. Choroidal detachment was seen in 3 eyes in the treatment group and 4 eyes in the placebo group. (P=0.45) Significant PVR was seen in one eye in the treatment group and 3 eyes in the placebo group. (P=0.33) CME was seen in 3 eyes in the treatment group and 5 eyes in the placebo group. (P=0.39) Conclusion: Postoperative oral prednisolone does not seem to affect visual outcomes and complications of scleral buckling in phakic patients.
Bina Journal of …, 2010
Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central reti... more Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of four different therapeutic modalities for central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with each other and with the natural course of the disease. Methods: This study was conducted on 63 eyes of 63 patients including 13 eyes in the radial optic ...