Idiopathic central serous retinopathy in China: a report of 600 cases (624 eyes) treated by acupuncture.
Six hundred Chinese patients (624 eyes) with clinically diagnosed central serous retinopathy were treated by consecutive courses of acupuncture. Eighty-six percent of patients had resolution of their subretinal fluid within 3 months of treatment, a result similar to the natural history of the disease as reported by others in non-Chinese patients. Central serous retinopathy was most common in the 30 to 50 year age group, occurred in males seven times more frequently than in females, and was bilateral in 4% of patients.
Lu
J G
JG
Department of Ophthalmology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhe-Jiang Medical University, Hang-Zhou, China.
Friberg
T R
TR
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies