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Clin Ophthalmol
January 2025
Magrabi Hospitals and Centers, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aim: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined laser and anti-VEGF therapy for (retinopathy of prematurity ROP), focusing on both structural and functional outcomes.
Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted in multiple databases to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated combination therapy for ROP. The PRISMA guidelines were followed.
BMC Ophthalmol
January 2025
Vitreoretinal Surgery Department, Hugo Chavez Hospital, Turmus Ayya, State of Palestine.
Background: This case report describes a rare case of Coats disease in adult female patient with preserved vision after intravitreal Aflibercept injection and laser photocoagulation.
Case Presentation: A female patient of Asian Palestinian descent, aged 20, exhibited a progressive and painless deterioration in the vision of her left eye over a period of two weeks. She exhibited no additional ocular symptoms.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
January 2025
Retin Cases Brief Rep
December 2024
Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
Purpose: To describe two cases of pediatric patients with Coats disease who developed nerve fiber layer (NFL) schisis.
Methods: Observational case series.
Results: Two male pediatric patients, ages 2 and 14, who were being treated for Coats disease were found to have NFL schisis on optical coherence tomography.
Drug Deliv Transl Res
January 2025
Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Ezequiel Dias Foundation, Rua Conde Pereira Carneiro 80, Gameleira, Belo Horizonte, CEP 30510-010, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Current treatments for retinal disorders are anti-angiogenic agents, laser photocoagulation, and photodynamic therapies. These conventional treatments focus on reducing abnormal blood vessel formation in the retina, which, in a low-oxygen environment, can lead to harmful proliferation of endothelial cells. This results in dysfunctional, leaky blood vessels that cause retinal edema, hemorrhage, and vision loss.
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