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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb 28;189:86–95. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2018.02.015

TABLE 2.

Outcomes in Patients With Subfoveal Hemorrhage at Last Follow-up Visit

Patients With Subfoveal
Hemorrhage (N = 16)
Follow-up duration (months), median (range) 47.6 (6.7–64.5)
Baseline VA, n (%)
 20/50 or better 1 (6.3)
 20/63 to 20/160 5 (31.3)
 20/200 or worse 10 (62.5)
Final VA, n (%)
 Better than 20/50 6 (37.5)
 20/63 to 20/160 1 (6.3)
 Worse than 20/200 9 (56.2)
Change in VA, n (%)
 Gain of ≥6 lines 3 (18.8)
 Gain of ≥3 lines 8 (50.0)
 Change of >3 lines 2 (12.5)
 Loss of ≥3 lines 6 (37.5)
 Loss of ≥6 lines 4 (25.0)
Baseline CST (μm), mean ± SEM (range) 591.7 ± 57.0 (315.0–1231.0)
Final CST (μm), mean ± SEM (range) 285.3 ± 31.9 (158.0–593.0)
Time to resolution of SFH in the fovea (months), median (range) 5.7 (2.8–7.4)
Time to complete resolution of SFH (months), median (range) 7.6 (4.7–13.0)
Number of anti-VEGF injections, mean ± SEM (range) 17.4 ± 3.4 (4.0–48.0)
Frequency of anti-VEGF injections, n (%)
 Every 4–6 weeks 5 (31.3)
 Relatively frequent PRN 4 (25.0)
 PRN with long intervals without treatment 7 (43.8)
Final macular status, n (%)
 SF fibrosisa 9 (56.3)
 Atrophy in area of SF fibrosis, n/n (%) 5/9 (55.6)
 SF atrophy 1 (6.3)
 Sub-RPE hyperreflective material with atrophy 1 (6.3)
 PF fibrosis 1 (6.3)
 PF atrophy 4 (25.0)
Location of atrophy, n (%)
 No atrophy 4 (25.0)
 Within the area of SFH 9 (56.3)
 Within and outside the area of SFH 3 (18.8)

CST = central subfield thickness; PF = perifoveal; PRN = pro re nata; SF = subfoveal; SFH = subfoveal hemorrhage; VA = visual acuity.

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One patient had small area of atrophy that was not contiguous with area of SF fibrosis.