TITLE:
A Long-Term Study of Efficacy of Patients with Macular Edema Secondary to BRVO Treated with Ranibizumab Combined with Compound Salvia
AUTHORS:
Yalan Feng, Xingwei Wu
KEYWORDS:
Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion, Macular Edema, Long-Term Follow-Up, Ranibizumab, Compound Salvia
JOURNAL NAME:
Chinese Medicine,
Vol.6 No.3,
September
11,
2015
ABSTRACT: Purpose: To study the long-term efficacy of intravitreal ranibizumab injection combined with in-travenous compound salvia injection drip in the treatment of patients with macular edema sec-ondary to branch retinal vein occlusion(BRVO). Methods: Sixty-five patients of branch retinal vein occlusion with macular edema were analyzed retrospectively. Thirty-seven patients in the treat-ment group were treated with ranibizumab injection combined with intravenous compound salvia injection drip, twenty-eight patients in the control group were treated with ranibizumab injection only. All patients were recorded and analyzed changes of clinical efficacy after 3 months, 6 months after a course of treatment of 6 months. Results: During 3 months after 6 months’ treatment, there were 5 patients having recurrence in the treatment group, while there were 9 in control group, the rate of recurrence between the two groups had significant difference (P