Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor

Michael W Stewart Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA In their recently published manuscript entitled “Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population&rdquo...

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Publié:	Dove Medical Press 2015
Sujets:	Ophthalmology RE1-994
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06ee707cb56548dbb3e580446c0678b02021-12-02T07:50:19ZVisual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/06ee707cb56548dbb3e580446c0678b02015-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/letter-visual-outcomes-of-age-related-macular-degeneration-patien-peer-reviewed-article-OPTHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Michael W Stewart Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA In their recently published manuscript entitled “Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population” Basheer et al1 reported on the prospectively acquired results of 123 eyes (106 patients) treated for 2 years with ranibizumab as needed. Visual acuity (VA) outcomes from this series were summarized by the following statement: “Although our results, and those from other clinical settings, do not quite match the degree of vision preservation and gain as the large clinical trials, they are not dramatically dissimilar”.1 Unfortunately, the authors provide no statistical analysis to support this statement.View original paper by Basheer and colleagues.Stewart MWDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2015, Iss default, Pp 1651-1653 (2015)
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description	Michael W Stewart Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA In their recently published manuscript entitled “Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population” Basheer et al1 reported on the prospectively acquired results of 123 eyes (106 patients) treated for 2 years with ranibizumab as needed. Visual acuity (VA) outcomes from this series were summarized by the following statement: “Although our results, and those from other clinical settings, do not quite match the degree of vision preservation and gain as the large clinical trials, they are not dramatically dissimilar”.1 Unfortunately, the authors provide no statistical analysis to support this statement.View original paper by Basheer and colleagues.
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title	Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor
title_short	Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor
title_full	Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor
title_fullStr	Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor
title_full_unstemmed	Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor
title_sort	visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor
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publishDate	2015
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Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population: letter to the editor

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