Table 1 Patient’s baseline characteristics, ocular findings and treatments.
From: Microaneurysms cause refractory macular edema in branch retinal vein occlusion
Age (years ± SD) | 73 ± 8.4 |
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Gender (male/female) | 32/34 |
Diabetes mellitus (yes/no/unknown) | 3/60/3 |
Hypertension (yes/no/unknown) | 31/30/5 |
Subtype (major BRVO/macular BRVO) | 36/30 |
Initial VA (logMAR) (mean ± SD) | 0.32 ± 0.31 |
Initial CRT (μm) (mean ± SD) | 440 ± 140 |
NPA larger than 5 disc diameters (yes/no/unknown) | 23/42/1 |
NPA larger than 3 disc areas within arcade vessels (yes/no/unknown) | 23/42/1 |
Superficial capillary telangiectasia (yes/no/unknown) | 30/10/26 |
Deep capillary telangiectasia (yes/no/unknown) | 40/0/26 |
Microaneurysms (yes/no) | 46/20 |
Collateral vessels formation (yes/no) | 56/10 |
Initial treatment within 3 months (yes/no) | 47/19 |
Refractory macular edema | 34/32 |
Treatment | |
STTA | 20 |
Anti-VEGF therapy | 22 |
Switch from STTA to anti-VEGF therapy | 16 |
Vitrectomy | 4 |
No treatment | 4 |
Retinal scatter laser photocoagulation (yes/no) | 35/31 |
Direct laser photocoagulation (yes/no) | 11/55 |