Kook Lee
The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical features of treatment-free polypoidal choroidal
vasculopathy (PCV) eyes without recurrence over one year.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients who had been diagnosed with PCV and treated
with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monotherapy. Patients who did not receive treatment over one year
after initial monthly loading injections (stable group, 29 eyes) and received multiple treatments due to active lesion
(control group, 30 eyes) were included. The baseline characteristics including OCT and ICGA findings were analyzed
and compared between groups.
Results: Treatment free eyes (stable group) showed better final visual outcome, smaller size of great linear dimension
and lesser number of polyps at baseline compared with control group. Multiple regression analysis revealed that
smaller size of great linear dimension and lesser number of polyps at baseline were associated with treatment-free
eyes over one year.
Conclusion: PCV eyes with smaller lesion size and single polyp show no recurrence over 1 year after initial monthly
loading injections. Patients exhibiting these features may be expected to show benign course during follow up.
Kook Lee completed his/her M D Degree from The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea during 2003-2009. He/She pursued Residency of Ophthalmoloy, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea during 2010-2014. Did retinal fellowship of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
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