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- Published on: 28 March 2017
- Published on: 28 March 2017Short-term efficacy of intravitreal aflibercept depending on angiographic classification of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
Short-term efficacy of intravitreal aflibercept depending on angiographic classification of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
Dan Calugaru, Mihai Calugaru
Department of Ophthalmology, Univ of Medicine Cluj-Napoca/RomaniaRe: Short-term efficacy of intravitreal aflibercept depending on angiographic classification of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Jeong and Sagong. Br J Ophthalmol 2016; http: /dx.doi. org/ 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309144.
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We would like to address several challenges that have arisen from the study by Jeong and Sagong (1), which can be specifically summarized below.
1. The study included a relatively small sample size of cases examined with a fairly short follow-up period.
2. Several relevant data are missing in the study. For example, the anatomic types of macular edema (diffuse/cystic changes within neurosensory retina/subretinal/sub retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) fluid/ mixed type) at baseline and at months 3 and 6; the qualitative status of the 4 outer retinal layers (eg, the external limiting membrane band, the ellipsoid zone, the interdigitation zone, and the retinal pigment epithelial band) at presentation as well as the magnitude of changes (disruption/absence) during the study as potential predictors of visual loss/improvement after aflibercept (Eylea; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, New York, USA) treatment; the percentages of patients with complete polyp regression and...Conflict of Interest:
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