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  • Laser-induced chorioretinal venous anastomosis for retinal vein occlusion

    Purpose To evaluate the therapeutic effect of laser-induced chorioretinal venous anastomosis for retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Methods The investigation included 28 consecutive patients (28 eyes) with RVO.The non-ischemic group 18-cases (18 eyes) we re tre ated with the krypton red laser to induce chorioretinal venous anastomosis, the ischemic group underwent the same therapy and the grid or scattertype photoco agulation at the same time. All of the eyes were followed up for more than 5 mo nths, and with an average period of 6.6 months. Results Seven cases (7 eyes, 38.9%) of the non-ischemic group created successful chorioretinal venous anastomosis, with mean improvement of 4.43plusmn;0.7 8 standard deviation lines of best corrected visual acuity compared to0.19plusmn;0.67 lines for 11 eyes with unsuccessful anastomosis (Plt;0.001).None of the seven eyes developed to ischemic state. Four of the 11 eyes with unsuccessful anastomosis converted to ischemic type (36.4%) .Two cases of the ischemic group created successful anastomosis with improvement in visual acuity. The other cases had no change in visual acuity. Conclusion Laser-induced chorioretinal venous anasto mosis is a new therapeutic method for RVO, especially for nonischemic type and successful anastomosis can decrease the conversion rate of the vein occlusion to an ischemic state. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis, 2001,17:8-11)

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