RT Journal
A1 Osterloh MD, Charles S
T1 SUrgical decompression of branch retinal vein occlusions
JF Archives of Ophthalmology
JO Archives of Ophthalmology
YR 1988
FD October 1
VO 106
IS 10
SP 1469
OP 1471
DO 10.1001/archopht.1988.01060140633037
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1988.01060140633037
AB • 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.