Objective lt;brgt;To evaluate the efficacy of arteriovenous sheathotomy on treatment of branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). lt;brgt; lt;brgt;Methods lt;brgt;Six consecutive patients (6 eyes) with BRVO underwent par plana vitrectomy, po lt;brgt;sterios vitreous cortex separation, arteriovenous sheathotomy for BRVO. The foll lt;brgt;owup period was within 3～12 months. Postoperative examinations included color fundus photography, fundus fluorescein angiography(FFA), optical coherence tomography(OCT) and multifocal electroretinography (mERG). lt;brgt; lt;brgt;Results lt;brgt;Increasing downstream blood flow in proximal past of compressed venule was promptly observed during the procedures of incision of the advential sheath of blood vessel, and separating and elevating the ateriole from the venule in all the operations in this series. Visual acuities improved postoperatively in 5 patients, and the best corrected visual acuity was 1.5. The examination of FFA showed obvious absorption of retinal hemorrhage, and leakage of dye was reduced, while large areas of capillary closure in retinas distal to the sheathotomy site were found 3 months after operation in 3 patients. OCT revealed disappearance or lightening of macular edema. mERG showed that the response amplitude of retina including the macular area was obviously higher after the operation. There was recurrent vitreous hemorrhage necessitating further surgery in one patient. lt;brgt; lt;brgt;Conclusion lt;brgt;The operation of arteriovenous sheathotomy for the treatment of BRVO is much beneficial to improve patient′s visual acuity, downstream blood flow and macular affections, although the improvement of retinal reperfusion of the retina is not obvious. lt;brgt; lt;brgt;(Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,2002,18:6-9)
Objective More and more women without child and female adolescents are undergoing medical abortion (MA), MA effect on subsequent pregnancy has been brought into focus. This research will evaluate the effect of MA on subsequent pregnancy. Methods To searched Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomed-database, correlative websites and nine Chinese medical journals. The studies that were included in the reference list were additionally searched. Only RCTs (randomized control trials), CCTs (clinical control trials) and prospective cohort studies were included. Two researchers evaluated the quality of the literature and combined the evidence independently. Revman 4.1 was used for meta-analysis. Results Eight prospective cohort studies with 2 934 cases were included. The incidences of miscarriage, postpartum hemorrhage and placental abnormality occurred in MA group were significantly lower than those occurred in SA group, and their OR (with 95%CI) were 0.42 (0.22 to 0.83), 0.58 (0.39 to 0.85) and 0.68 (0.54 to 0.87), respectively. No other significant differences were observed between the two artificial abortions groups. Though the tendency indicates that medical abortion has a probable influence on subsequent pregnancy, there was no significant difference about subsequent pregnancy between MA and first pregnancy. Conclusion Unnecessary abortion should be avoided. MA is safer than SA on subsequent pregnancy, so MA is the preferred option for women without child and female adolescent to terminate their unwilling pregnancy. However, as all the studies included were prospective cohort studies, further high-quality RCTs should be conducted.