Incidence of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Tears and Associated Risk Factors After Treatment of Age-Related @entity1020 with Intravitreal Anti- XXXX Injections.

@entity1 @entity7 @entity13785 @entity3193 @entity1020
PURPOSE: To study the incidence and risk factors for retinal pigment epithelium tears following intravitreal @entity7 ( @entity7 ) injections. METHODS: Retrospective longitudinal study. 4027 intravitreal anti- @entity7 injections in 628 @entity1 (676 eyes) for @entity3193 associated with age related @entity1020 in a period of 18 months were studied. RESULTS: Seventeen @entity1 (mean age 83.95  5.84) developed retinal pigment epithelium tears. The incidence rate was 0.4%. Fibrovascular pigment epithelium detachment (PED) was previously observed in all cases. In 88 % (15/17) of @entity13785 @entity1 that had a RPE tear, PED height was found to be less than 400 microns at presentation. In 5 of 7 @entity1 with RPE tear grade <4, continuing of anti- @entity7 treatment resulted to improvement of visual acuity. CONCLUSION: Critical risk factors for RPE tears are presence of PED as well as advanced age. Visual improvement appears to depend more on the extent and location of the RPE tear and less on the PED height.
