Publications by authors named "David Francis Gilmour"
A 44-year-old male presented with unilateral sudden onset reduced visual acuity. The optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan demonstrated submacular fluid with thickening and hyper-reflectivity of the outer retinal layers, together with subfoveal retinal pigment epithelial hyper-reflectivity corresponding to a small area of foveal interdigitation zone/ellipsoid zone (IZ/EZ) loss in the detached retina. An OCT 4 months later showed resolution of the submacular fluid, but the IZ/EZ loss persisted with thinning of the outer nuclear layer, resulting in a poor visual outcome.
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- The study aimed to predict visual acuity outcomes in patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) undergoing treatment with intravitreal ranibizumab by identifying key pre-treatment clinical features.
- Data from 52 eyes of 50 treatment-naïve patients were analyzed, revealing that initial visual acuity, patient age, and the presence of cotton wool spots were significant predictors of visual outcomes at both 3 and 12 months post-treatment.
- Findings indicate that these easily identifiable pre-treatment factors can guide healthcare providers in anticipating patient responses to anti-VEGF therapy in a hospital setting.