[Traumatic submacular hemorrhage treated with rt-PA and SF6]

Autor: H, Heras-Mulero, P J, García-Gómez, L M, Sádaba-Echarri, A, Salinas-Alamán, A, García-Layana
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia. 82(8)
ISSN: 0365-6691
Popis: This patient was afflicted by a traumatic submacular hemorrhage. A posterior vitrectomy was performed and intravitreal rt-PA and SF6 were administered. Four weeks later, the visual acuity had increased from 0.1 to 0.8. No complications due to the treatment with rt-PA were reported.It is known that waiting for the spontaneous blood removal in such cases results in a poor visual acuity recovery due to a toxic effect of the blood products. Both rt-PA and the SF6 are useful for the treatment of submacular hemorrhages secondary to age-related macular degeneration, and this case report has shown they are also useful to lyse traumatic blood clots, thus contributing to a better recovery of visual acuity.
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