ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Direct Photocoagulation for Treating Microaneurysms with Hyperreflective Ring in Eyes with Refractory Macular Edema Associated with Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
Microaneurysms (MAs) with hyperreflective rings are sometimes detected in eyes with refractory macular edema (ME) associated with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) for more than 12 months after onset when examined using optical coherence tomography (OCT). We proposed that these MAs could result in refractory ME secondary to BRVO and hypothesized that OCT-guided direct photocoagulation of MAs could result in a reduction in refractory ME. Eleven eyes (from eleven different patients) with refractory ME associated with BRVO for more than 12 months following initial treatment were included. The mean number of MAs in each eye at baseline was 3.5 ± 2.0 (range, 1-8). The mean central subfield thickness, central macular volume, and parafoveal macular volume significantly decreased 6 months following initial direct photocoagulation when compared with those at baseline (baseline = 378.7 ± 61.8 μm, post-treatment = 304.2 ± 66.7 μm,
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