Table 2 Visual acuity at the start of therapy and after 3 days
From: Anterior chamber paracentesis after central retinal artery occlusion: a tenable therapy?
Paracentesis | No paracentesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤6 h | 7–24 h | >24 h | all pat. | all pat. | p | |
Baseline visual acuity [logMAR] | 1.96 ± 0.16 | 1.99 ± 0.25 | 2.05 ± 0.32 | 2 ± 0.25 | 1.92 ± 0.21 | 0.4 |
Visual acuity after 3 days [logMAR] | 1.78 ± 0.21 | 1.92 ± 0.3 | 1.94 ± 0.39 | 1.9 ± 0.31 | 1.75 ± 0.32 | 0.3 |
Gain of visual acuity [log units] | −0.18 ± 0.21 | −0.07 ± 0.15 | −0.11 ± 0.19 | −0.1 ± 0.17 | −0.17 ± 0.33 | 0.9 |
Visual acuity after 3 days: | ||||||
-clinically better [n(%)] | 4 (36.4%) | 7 (20.0%) | 3 (23.1%) | 14 (23.7%) | 4 (26.7%) | |
-clinically equal [n(%)] | 7 (63.6%) | 27 (77.1%) | 10 (76.9%) | 44 (74.6%) | 11 (73.3%) | 0.9 |
-clinically worse [n(%)] | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.7%) | 0 (0%) | |