Comparison of visual acuity and macular thickness in patients with macular edema cuased by branch retinal vein occlusion treated with intravitral avastin and intravitral avastin and tissue plasminogen activator
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- Conditions
- Retinal vein occlusion.Retinal vein occlusion_ partial
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014072618596N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for Research and Technology, Tabriz University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1) Having the diagnosis of BRVO. 2) Slit lamp examination: macular edema. 3) Snellen visual acuity: vision worse than 20/40. 4) Optical coherence tomography finding: central macular thickness of 250µm and over on.
Exclusion: 1) BRVO associated with vitrous hemorrhage. 2) previous treatment with laser photocoagulation. 3) History of previous vitrectomy. 4)Intraocular pressure more than 21 mmhg. 5) Uncontrolled diabetes. 6) Systemic blood pressure. 7) Uveitis. 8) Any evidence of posterior vitrous detachment.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual acuity. Timepoint: Before intervention, one month, 3 months, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Snellen chart.;Central macular thickness. Timepoint: Before intervention, one month, 3 months, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Optical Coherence tomography.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Endophthalmitis. Timepoint: 1, 3 and 6 month after intervention. Method of measurement: clinical.