Update on pseudophakic cystoid macular edema treatment options.
As far as the treatment of chronic pseudophakic CME is concerned, it is important to understand that postoperative CME usually resolves with time. One must gauge the various treatment modalities outlined above with improvements in visual acuity and decreasing clinical macular thickening. Mild cases usually require no treatment, whereas those that entail clinically significant reductions in vision or macular thickening do require appropriate intervention.
Levin
Darrin S
DS
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Doheny Eye Institute, 1450 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. docretina@yahoo.com
Lim
Jennifer I
JI
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*