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Table 2 Fluorescein angiographic retinal vascular changes in ROP patients treated with IVR

From: Long-term peripheral retinal vascular behavior in retinopathy of prematurity patients treated with ranibizumab intravitreal injection as monotherapy using fluorescein angiography

Feature

No. of eyes (%)

Avascular zone of peripheral retina

 2 Disk-diameter

36 (81.8)

 Posterior zone II

2 (4.55)

 Zone I

6 (13.64)

At the junction vascular–avascular retina

 Finger-like branching

23 (52.27)

 Shunts near the junction

13 (29.55)

 Blunting

10 (22.73)

 Double blunting

6 (13.64)

 Popcorn abnormalities

6 (13.64)

 Finger-like anastomosis

11 (25.00)

 Leakage

7 (15.91)

 Neovascularization

5 (11.36)

Inside vascularized zone

 Tortuosity

26 (59.09)

 Focal dilation of capillaries

2 (4.55)

 Loops

5 (11.36)

 AV Shunt (main vessel)

8 (18.18)

 Shunt crossing horizontal raphe

13 (29.55)

 Capillary dropout

3 (6.82)

Choroid and capillary bed

 RPE atrophy

7 (15.91)

 Lobular choroidal filling

15 (34.09)

 Abnormal lacy or feathery retinal capillary bed

14 (31.82)

Fovea and macula

 Vessel encroaching onto fovea

6 (13.64)

 Vessel crossing fovea

0 (0)

 Absence of FAZ

0 (0)

  1. AV Arterio-venous, RPE Retinal pigment epithelium, FAZ Foveal avascular zone