descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1988 English Publisher:American Medical Association (AMA)Journal:Archives of Ophthalmology, volume 106, pages 1,469-1,471 (issn: 0003-9950,

Authors: Mark D. Osterloh; Steve Charles;

doi: 10.1001/archopht.1988.01060140633037

pmid: 3178558

Surgical Decompression of Branch Retinal Vein Occlusions

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Abstract

Many patients with branch retinal vein occlusions can develop significant long-term diminution of vision due to such complications as macular edema, retinal neovascularization, and vitreous hemorrhage. One of us (S.C.) developed a new surgical procedure that involves sectioning or decompression of the common sheath connecting the artery and vein at the crossing where a branch retinal vein occlusion occurs. The patient whose case we report had a visual acuity improvement from 20/200-2 to 20/25+1 eight months after surgery.

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University of Tennessee System
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University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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Keywords

Retinal Artery, Optic Disk, Retinal Vein Occlusion, Humans, Retinal Hemorrhage, Female, Middle Aged, Retinal Vein

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