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Anatomical and visual outcomes of ranibizumab injections in retinal pigment epithelium tears

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Title
Anatomical and visual outcomes of ranibizumab injections in retinal pigment epithelium tears
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, January 2015
DOI 10.5935/0004-2749.20150043
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Muhammet Kazım Erol, Ozdemir Ozdemir, Deniz Turgut Coban, Basak Bostanci Ceran, Esin Sogutlu Sari

Abstract

To report the anatomical and visual results in patients diagnosed as having retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tears after receiving ranibizumab injections. Eyes diagnosed as having RPE tears with a minimum 6-month follow-up were retrospectively evaluated. Each eye was treated with at least three doses of ranibizumab at monthly intervals. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), anterior segment findings, intraocular pressure, and fundus examination results were evaluated during control visits. Color fundus photography, fundus fluorescein angiographies, fundus autofluorescence, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images were obtained. The height of pigment epithelial detachment (PED) was measured by SD-OCT. Twelve eyes with RPE tears were studied. Nine eyes (75%) developed RPE tears during ranibizumab injections for choroidal neovascularization (eight eyes with vascularized PED and one eye with choroidal osteoma), and tears occurred in three eyes before any injections. The median number of ranibizumab injections after diagnosis of RPE tears was 3 (min 2, max 5). In the most recent follow-up visit, there was no statistically significant correlation between the grade of RPE and logMAR of BCVA (p>0.05, r=0.112). Eight of twelve eyes had PED, and seven of these had irregular PED contours before injection therapy. The mean PED height was 447 ± 122 µm. In this series, RPE tears developed mostly after intravitreal anti-VEGF injections for vascularized PED. Increased vertical height and irregular contours of the PEDs can be risk factors for the formation of RPE tears. The continuation of anti-VEGF therapy after tear formation is beneficial for vision improvement in eyes with RPE tears.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 20%
Researcher 3 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 10%
Student > Postgraduate 2 10%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 4 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 45%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 10%
Arts and Humanities 1 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 4 20%
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