Management of Cystoid Macular Edema in Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, various treatments for cystoid macular edema (CME) in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) have been reported. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of current treatments for RP-CME.

Methods

PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane library were searched from inception to August 2021. ClinicalTrials.gov, WHO ICTRP and ISRCTN were also searched for relevant studies. Only studies published in English were included. The RoB 2 tool was used to evaluate the risk of bias of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and the MINORS scale was used to assess the methodological quality of non-RCTs. Review manager (Revman) was used to pool the data. The primary outcomes included the change of central macular thickness (CMT) and best-corrected v

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9149278 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature