title: Combined arteriovenous sheathotomy and intraoperative intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for branch retinal vein occlusion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the treatment of macular oedema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) with concomitant pars plana vitrectomy/arteriovenous sheathotomy and intraoperative intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four eyes of four patients were identified. Patients improved from a mean best-corrected visual acuity of 20/124 at baseline to 20/122 at month 1, 20/83 at month 3, 20/74 at month 6, 20/59 at month 9 and 20/44 at month 12 (p = 0.01). All patients demonstrated improvement in visual acuity and macular oedema on fluorescein angiography and/or optical coherence tomography (OCT).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For patients with persistent macular oedema due to BRVO refractory to pharmacotherapy and/or laser photocoagulation, concomitant pars plana vitrectomy with arteriovenous sheathotomy and intravitreal triamcinolone may improve best-corrected acuity and reduce macular oedema on fluorescein angiography and OCT.
authors.affiliation: Edward S Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. sc433@columbia.edu
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Susan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gelman
authors.forename: Howard F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Lucian V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Del Priore
mesh_terms: D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide