SynthesisGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2017
Treatment of retinal artery occlusion using transluminal Nd:YAG laser: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in the Emergency Department: A Case Report of Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment.Cureus · 2025Article
- Modified YAG laser treatment of retinal artery occlusion.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in Acute Care: Current Practices and Emerging Therapies.Cureus · 2025Review
- Antithrombotic use in retinal artery occlusion: A narrative review.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2025Review
- Early prostaglandin EFrontiers in ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Nd:Yag Laser Transluminal Embolysis: A Therapeutic Approach in Retinal Artery Occlusion.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Therapeutic Strategies for Retinal Artery Occlusion-A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The role of cholesterol crystals and ocular crystal emboli in retinal pathology.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2024Article
- Central retinal artery occlusion: a stroke of the eye.Eye (London, England) · 2024Review
- Efficacy and safety of hyperbaric oxygen therapy monitored by fluorescein angiography in patients with retinal artery occlusion.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Progress in central retinal artery occlusion: a narrative review.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Review
- Intraoperative Cycling Pressure Variation in the Treatment of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion.Case reports in ophthalmological medicine · 2021Article
- Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis for Central Retinal Artery Occlusion.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Review
- Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion.Turkish journal of ophthalmology · 2018Article
- Current treatment of central retinal artery occlusion: a national survey.Journal of neurology · 2018Article
- Retinal Artery Reperfusion After Translumenal YAG Laser Embolysis in a Case of Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion.Journal of vitreoretinal diseasesArticle
- A review of the management of central retinal artery occlusion.Taiwan journal of ophthalmologyReview
- Conservative treatments for acute nonarteritic central retinal artery occlusion: Do they work?Taiwan journal of ophthalmologyReview
- Efficacy of YAG Laser Embolysis in Retinal Artery Occlusion.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
aimsTo review clinical experience, efficacy, and safety of transluminal Nd:YAG laser embolectomy/embolysis (TYE) for retinal artery occlusion.
methodsElectronic databases were searched for all published clinical studies and case-reports reporting on TYE in central (CRAO) or branch (BRAO) retinal artery occlusion. Individual patient data was evaluated in a weighted pooled analysis.
resultsSixty-one cases were reported, 47 with BRAO and 14 with CRAO. Visual acuity (VA) at onset averaged 20/252 (1.1 LogMAR) and improved following the procedure to 20/47 (0.37 LogMAR) at first follow-up (avg. 6 days, P < 0.001) and to 20/30 (0.18 LogMAR) at last reported follow-up (avg. 1.1 years, P = 0.02). Patients with worse VA (<20/200) improved further (12 vs. three lines, P < 0.001). VA was not improved when using higher pulse energies (≥ 2.4 mJ) which were associated with more vitrectomies. In a weighted analysis vitreous/sub-retinal hemorrhage was estimated to occur in 54% of cases and required vitrectomy in 18% of cases.
conclusionsTYE was followed by significant visual improvement in the vast majority of cases, including CRAO, and was frequently associated with vitreous hemorrhage. Patients with poor visual acuity appear to benefit further and higher pulse energies may be detrimental. Lack of randomization and intrinsic biases prevent any definite conclusions regarding the benefits and further research is warranted.
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