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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2013

Factors affecting visual outcome of myopic choroidal neovascularization treated with verteporfin photodynamic therapy.

Colin S Tan, Milton C Chew, Kai-Hung Lim, Tock-Han Lim

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Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A randomized trial of intravitreal bevacizumab vs. ranibizumab for myopic CNV.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2016
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  3. Letter to the editor: Forty-two-month outcome of intravitreal bevacizumab in myopic choroidal neovascularization.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Colin S TanNational Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore ; Fundus Image Reading Center, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Singapore.
Milton C Chew
Kai-Hung Lim
Tock-Han Lim
Singapore National Eye Center · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate the visual outcomes of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to pathological myopia and the impact of novel risk factors affecting the final visual outcome.

methodsInterventional case series of 18 consecutive patients with pathological myopia treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT). Inclusion criteria were spherical equivalent -6D or worse or features of pathological myopia on retinal examination. The main outcome measure was final best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA).

resultsOf 18 eyes, 13 (72.2%) avoided moderate visual loss (≥3 lines of LogMAR BCVA) and 5 eyes (27.8%) improved by at least 1 line after 1 year. Patients with LogMAR BCVA ≤0.3 (Snellen equivalent 20/40) at one year were younger than those with BCVA >0.3 (mean age 39.0 vs 61.6 years, P=0.001). A higher proportion of eyes with greatest linear dimension (GLD) of ≤1000µm avoided moderate visual loss (100% vs 50%, P=0.026). Among patients who were treated within 2 weeks of visual symptoms, 88.9% avoided the loss of 3 or more lines compared to 55.6% for those who presented later. The mean improvement in LogMAR BCVA of those with GLD ≤1000µm was +0.12 compared to a loss of 0.55 LogMAR units for those with GLD >1000µm (P=0.02). Visual outcomes were not associated with gender or refractive error.

conclusionGood visual outcome in myopic CNV is associated with younger age, smaller lesion size and earlier initiation of treatment. These factors are relevant for ophthalmologists considering treatment options for myopic CNV.

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myopic choroidal neovascularizationpathologic myopiaphotodynamic therapy

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PMID23826527
PMCPMC3693014
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