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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2011  |  Volume : 59  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 93-96

A comparative study between intravitreal triamcinolone and bevacizumab for macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion with poor vision


Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea

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Ji Won Lim
Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, #153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon-si, Kangwon-don, 200-060
Korea
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.77008

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Aim: To compare the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab and triamcinolone in patients with macular edema after central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), presenting with poor visual acuity. Materials and Methods: It was a retrospective, comparative case series of 38 consecutive eyes, with macular edema secondary to CRVO, with 20/200 or worse vision, which were treated primarily either with intravitreal bevacizumab (1.25 mg; 24 eyes) or intravitreal triamcinolone (4 mg; 14 eyes). During follow-up, 3.6 ± 0.8 re-injections of bevacizumab and 2.4 ± 0.5 re-injections of triamcinolone were administered (P = 0.080). The main outcome measures were the best-corrected visual acuity and the central macular thickness by optical coherence tomography during 12 months of follow-up. Results: At 12 months, visual acuity (logMAR) was changed from 1.03 ± 0.39 (baseline) to 0.92 ± 0.39 (P = 0.374) and the central macular thickness was reduced from a baseline of 713.6 ± 179.3 μm to 310.8 ± 205.2 μm (P = 0.000). Neither the bevacizumab nor triamcinolone groups varied significantly in visual acuity and central macular thickness at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment. Neovascular glaucoma developed in two of the 14 eyes (14%) in the triamcinolone group. Conclusion: In patients with CRVO and poor vision, intravitreal bevacizumab and intravitreal triamcinolone were associated with a reduction in macular edema; however, neither treatment achieved significant visual acuity improvement by the 12-month follow-up.


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