Branch vein occlusion study

The Branch Vein Occlusion Study (BVOS) was conducted, in part, to evaluate grid laser photocoagulation as a treatment for macular edema due to BRVO (Fig. 3) (1). 

Figure 3 In the BVOS, grid laser was applied to the area of retinal leakage and ischemia. Successful treatment could lead to resolution of macular edema and improvement in visual acuity. (A) Baseline photo and (B) corresponding fluorescein angiogram. (C) Follow-up fluorescein angiogram with resolution of leakage laser spots stain. Abbreviation BVOS, Branch Vein Occlusion Study.

Abbreviations CVOS, Central Vein Occlusion Study BVOS, Branch Vein Occlusion Study. 

The Branch Vein Occlusion Study Group. Argon laser photocoagulation for macular edema in branch vein occlusion. Am J Ophthalmol 1984 98 271-282. 

Hockley DJ, Tripathi RC, Ashton N. Experimental branch vein occlusion in rhesus monkeys. III. Histopathological and electron microscopical studies. Br J Ophthalmol 1979 63 393-411. 

Frangieh GT, Green WR, Barraquer-Somers E, Finkelstein D. Histopathologic study of nine branch retinal vein occlusions. Arch Ophthalmol 1982 100 1132-1140. 

Bevacizumab has been studied in advanced carcinoid tumors [167 ], prostate cancer [168 ], high-risk corneal transplantation [169 ], diabetic retinopathy [170 , 171, 172 ], ischemic retinal diseases [173 ], refractory choroidal neovascularization secondary to uveitis [174 ], macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion [175 ], retinal angiomatous proliferation [176% choroidal neovascularization attributable to pathological myopia [177, 178], exudative age-related macular degeneration [179 ], multifocal lymphangioendothe-liomatosis with thrombocytopenia [180" ], in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer [181 j, advanced melanoma [182 ], malignant pleural mesothelioma [183 ],... 

---