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ArticleCurrent ophthalmology reports2016

Update in the Management of Macular Edema Following Retinal Vein Occlusions.

Mariana R Thorell, Raquel Goldhardt

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Article in Current ophthalmology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mariana R ThorellDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hospital Banco de Olhos de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. marithorell@gmail.com.
Raquel GoldhardtDepartment of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA. RGoldhardt@med.miami.edu.
University of Miami · US

Funding

Shared Equipment ModuleP30EY014801 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Dmitry V Ivanov · 2004 to 2026
$12.2M
Dry Eye and MicroenvironmentR01EY026174 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI GALOR, ANAT, KUMAR, NARESH · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014801NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is a common retinal vascular disease classified according to the anatomical location of the occlusion in central (CRVO) or branch (BRVO) retinal vein occlusion. RVO is an important cause of visual loss worldwide and frequently results in visual impairment and ocular complications. Major causes of vision loss in BRVO and CRVO include macular edema (ME), capillary non-perfusion, and neovascularization, causing glaucoma, vitreous hemorrhage and/or tractional retinal detachment.[1-4] Macular edema is the leading cause of decreased central visual acuity in RVO.[5] Recently, there was a paradigm shift in the treatment of ME due to RVO with the advent of new pharmacotherapy treatment strategies and combination therapies. This paper reviews the current thinking and discusses the evidence behind the emerging treatment options for ME following RVO, including laser photocoagulation, intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), intravitreal corticosteroid-based pharmacotherapies, and surgical management.

Indexed as

Intravitreal InjectionsMacular EdemaRetinal Vein OcclusionSteroidsVascular Endothelial Growth Factors

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PMID30345164
PMCPMC6195357
OpenAlexW2295055284

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