Factors at the initial visit associated with poor visual outcomes in patients with acute retinal necrosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a vision-threatening disease caused by herpesvirus infection. This study aimed to investigate the visual prognostic factors that could be determined at the initial visit.

Subjects and methods

This retrospective study included 34 patients with ARN. Logistic regression analysis was employed to evaluate the associations between poor final visual outcomes and various factors, including poor initial visual acuity, presence of retinal detachment at the initial visit, posterior extension of necrotizing retinitis, and circumferential extension of necrotizing retinitis. Posterior extension was evaluated with three zonings, from the periphery (zone 3), mid-periphery (zone 2), and macula (zone 1). Circumferential extension was evalua

SUBMITTER: Fukui C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461932 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature