Visual Outcome After Surgical Removal of Choroidal Neovascularization in Pediatric Patients

Surgical removal of submacular choroidal neovessels in children: Outcome and literature review

“…7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV. Delay to recurrence varied from a mean of 1.9 months in the study Uemura and Thomas 12 to 2 years in our study. Table 3 reports on the etiologies associated with recurrence.…”

“…Uemura and Thomas who included mostly POHS children with CNV reported the highest recurrence rate of 37.5% (6 eyes). 12 Similarly, Sears et al who also included mostly inflammatory etiologies reported a rate of 33.3% (4 eyes). 7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV.…”

Surgical removal of submacular choroidal neovessels in children: Outcome and literature review

“…7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV. Delay to recurrence varied from a mean of 1.9 months in the study Uemura and Thomas 12 to 2 years in our study. Table 3 reports on the etiologies associated with recurrence.…”

“…Uemura and Thomas who included mostly POHS children with CNV reported the highest recurrence rate of 37.5% (6 eyes). 12 Similarly, Sears et al who also included mostly inflammatory etiologies reported a rate of 33.3% (4 eyes). 7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV.…”

Idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane in a 21-month-old child: Ultrastructural features and implication for membranogenesis

“…However, some eyes never attained vision better than 20/400, and there have been reported recurrences. 3,10 The 6 reported cases of surgical removal of the idiopathic CNVM in children, including the presently described case, have resulted in significant visual improvement from preoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/200 to counting fingers to postoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/20 to 20/125 (Table 1). 3,5,10 The 2 reported cases of surgically excised pediatric idiopathic CNVMs that recurred did so within the first month after surgical removal.…”

“…3,10 The 6 reported cases of surgical removal of the idiopathic CNVM in children, including the presently described case, have resulted in significant visual improvement from preoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/200 to counting fingers to postoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/20 to 20/125 (Table 1). 3,5,10 The 2 reported cases of surgically excised pediatric idiopathic CNVMs that recurred did so within the first month after surgical removal. 10 If one includes all pediatric CNVMs, regardless of etiology, one still finds that all recurrences occurred within 6 weeks, except for a single case of posttraumatic CNVM that recurred at 6 months.…”

Choroidal neovascular membrane in paediatric patients: clinical characteristics and outcomes

“…Uemura and Thomas16 have reported good visual improvement after submacular surgery in a series of children with CNVM. The membrane was quite large in our case, and remained unchanged despite three intravitreal bevacizumab injections.…”

Surgical removal of submacular choroidal neovessels in children: Outcome and literature review

“…7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV. Delay to recurrence varied from a mean of 1.9 months in the study Uemura and Thomas 12 to 2 years in our study. Table 3 reports on the etiologies associated with recurrence.…”

“…Uemura and Thomas who included mostly POHS children with CNV reported the highest recurrence rate of 37.5% (6 eyes). 12 Similarly, Sears et al who also included mostly inflammatory etiologies reported a rate of 33.3% (4 eyes). 7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV.…”

Idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane in a 21-month-old child: Ultrastructural features and implication for membranogenesis

“…However, some eyes never attained vision better than 20/400, and there have been reported recurrences. 3,10 The 6 reported cases of surgical removal of the idiopathic CNVM in children, including the presently described case, have resulted in significant visual improvement from preoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/200 to counting fingers to postoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/20 to 20/125 (Table 1). 3,5,10 The 2 reported cases of surgically excised pediatric idiopathic CNVMs that recurred did so within the first month after surgical removal.…”

“…3,10 The 6 reported cases of surgical removal of the idiopathic CNVM in children, including the presently described case, have resulted in significant visual improvement from preoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/200 to counting fingers to postoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/20 to 20/125 (Table 1). 3,5,10 The 2 reported cases of surgically excised pediatric idiopathic CNVMs that recurred did so within the first month after surgical removal. 10 If one includes all pediatric CNVMs, regardless of etiology, one still finds that all recurrences occurred within 6 weeks, except for a single case of posttraumatic CNVM that recurred at 6 months.…”

Choroidal neovascular membrane in paediatric patients: clinical characteristics and outcomes

“…Uemura and Thomas16 have reported good visual improvement after submacular surgery in a series of children with CNVM. The membrane was quite large in our case, and remained unchanged despite three intravitreal bevacizumab injections.…”

Surgical removal of submacular choroidal neovessels in children: Outcome and literature review

“…7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV. Delay to recurrence varied from a mean of 1.9 months in the study Uemura and Thomas 12 to 2 years in our study. Table 3 reports on the etiologies associated with recurrence.…”

“…Uemura and Thomas who included mostly POHS children with CNV reported the highest recurrence rate of 37.5% (6 eyes). 12 Similarly, Sears et al who also included mostly inflammatory etiologies reported a rate of 33.3% (4 eyes). 7 In our study, only one eye with Best maculopathy had a recurrence of the CNV.…”

Idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane in a 21-month-old child: Ultrastructural features and implication for membranogenesis

“…However, some eyes never attained vision better than 20/400, and there have been reported recurrences. 3,10 The 6 reported cases of surgical removal of the idiopathic CNVM in children, including the presently described case, have resulted in significant visual improvement from preoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/200 to counting fingers to postoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/20 to 20/125 (Table 1). 3,5,10 The 2 reported cases of surgically excised pediatric idiopathic CNVMs that recurred did so within the first month after surgical removal.…”

“…3,10 The 6 reported cases of surgical removal of the idiopathic CNVM in children, including the presently described case, have resulted in significant visual improvement from preoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/200 to counting fingers to postoperative visual acuities ranging from 20/20 to 20/125 (Table 1). 3,5,10 The 2 reported cases of surgically excised pediatric idiopathic CNVMs that recurred did so within the first month after surgical removal. 10 If one includes all pediatric CNVMs, regardless of etiology, one still finds that all recurrences occurred within 6 weeks, except for a single case of posttraumatic CNVM that recurred at 6 months.…”

Choroidal neovascular membrane in paediatric patients: clinical characteristics and outcomes

“…Uemura and Thomas16 have reported good visual improvement after submacular surgery in a series of children with CNVM. The membrane was quite large in our case, and remained unchanged despite three intravitreal bevacizumab injections.…”