Visual function following photodynamic therapy for central serous chorioretinopathy: a comparison of…

StudyClinical & experimental ophthalmology· Jan 2012

Visual function following photodynamic therapy for central serous chorioretinopathy: a comparison of automated macular microperimetry versus best-corrected visual acuity.

Rita Ehrlich, Nick P Mawer, Christopher H Mody … David Squirrell

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Photodynamic therapy was associated with higher central retinal sensitivity in central serous chorio retinopathy.

Visual function following photodynamic therapy for central serous chorioretinopathy: a comparison of automated macular microperimetry versus best-corrected visual acuity.

Rita Ehrlich … David Squirrell

Clinical & experimental ophthalmology · Jan 2012 · Q1 in Ophthalmology

Background

The study compares the change in best-corrected visual acuity with the change in central retinal sensitivity before treatment and 6 months after treatment with photodynamic therapy in patients with symptomatic central serous chorio retinopathy.

Methods

Eleven consecutive patients with previously untreated central serous chorio retinopathy.

n = 11 patients

Results

4.6

± 1.9 dB

higher sensitivity to light in the central part of the retina

n = 11 patients

More results

All patients reported a subjective improvement in vision and had complete resolution of subretinal fluid at 6 months.

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Conclusion

These data suggest that compared with microperimetry, best-corrected visual acuity is underestimating the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of central serous chorio retinopathy.

Visual function following photodynamic therapy for central serous chorioretinopathy: a comparison of automated macular microperimetry versus best-corrected visual acuity.

Visual function following photodynamic therapy for central serous chorioretinopathy: a comparison of automated macular microperimetry versus best-corrected visual acuity.

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