title: Surgical decompression of branch retinal vein occlusions.
abstract: Many patients with branch retinal vein occlusions can develop significant long-term diminution of vision due to such complications as macular edema, retinal neovascularization, and vitreous hemorrhage. One of us (S.C.) developed a new surgical procedure that involves sectioning or decompression of the common sheath connecting the artery and vein at the crossing where a branch retinal vein occlusion occurs. The patient whose case we report had a visual acuity improvement from 20/200-2 to 20/25+1 eight months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee-Memphis.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Osterloh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Charles
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000601:surgery; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D012169:Retinal Vein / Q000601:surgery; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000601:surgery*