Incidence, Ischemic vs. Non-ischemic Central Retinal Vein Occlusion. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The University of Iowa

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Pomerantz Family Pavilion, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, IA 52242-1091

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

Relative Incidence of Ischemic Versus Non-Ischemic CRVO

In our series of 620 consecutive CRVO cases, we have found that 81% of the patients have the non-ischemic type, and only 19% are ischemic type³. That is the fortunate part of the condition: only one fifth of the patients suffer the serious type.

The first crucial step in the management of CRVO is to find out what type of CRVO an eye has because the prognosis, management and outcome of the two are totally different.

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