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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2008 Apr 11;246(7):1029–1046. doi: 10.1007/s00417-008-0805-8

Table 4.

Visual acuity change from optic disc edema (ODE) resolution at 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months after ODE resolution

Visual acuity at ODE resolution 3 months* after ODE resolution
(n=344** eyes)
6 months* after ODE resolution
(n=316** eyes)
9 months* after ODE resolution
(n=304** eyes)
n** Number (%) of eyes
n** Number (%) of eyes
n** Number (%) of eyes
Improved Worsened Improved Worsened Improved Worsened
20/15–20/30 182 10 (5%) 165 10 (6%) 161 12 (7%)
20/40 31 1 (3%) 0 (0%) 27 3 (11%) 3 (11%) 27 3 (11%) 3 (11%)
20/50–20/60 48 4 (8%) 2 (4%) 46 8 (17%) 3 (7%) 43 8 (19%) 3 (7%)
20/70–20/100 28 3 (11%) 0 (0%) 26 7 (27%) 0 (0%) 25 9 (36%) 0 (0%)
20/200–20/400 24 5 (21%) 0 (0%) 24 14 (58%) 0 (0%) 24 15 (62%) 0 (0%)
Counting fingers or worse 31 12 (39%) 0 (0%) 28 16 (57%) 1 (4%) 24 13 (54%) 1 (4%)
VA 20/70 or worse 83 20 (24%) 0 (0%) 78 37 (47%) 1 (1%) 73 37 (51%) 1 (1%)
*

±6 weeks for 3 months and 9 months.

**

n includes the eyes that have a post-ODE resolution follow-up for VA of at least the lower limit specified

ODE = Optic disc edema; VA = Visual acuity