CONSORT diagram. Among the 223 patients, 202 cases of treatment-naive non-neovascular chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC) were identified by excluding 16 patients with a treatment history and 5 patients with macular neovascularization (MNV). After excluding patients who underwent other treatments such as photocoagulation and anti-VEGF therapy (n = 44), and those who underwent cataract surgery during observation (n = 3), 74 eyes of 74 patients who underwent reduced-fluence photodynamic therapy (rf-PDT) and 81 eyes of 81 control patients were analyzed. ∗History of ocular treatment: history of photocoagulation, anti-VEGF therapy, photodynamic therapy, or any other ocular surgery except for cataract surgery.