Abstract

Retinal or iris neovascularization (NV) is a complication of diabetic retinopathy, branch and central vein occlusion, Eale’s disease, sickle cell retinopathy, and other retinal-vascular disorders which have as their common element extensive retinal capillary non-perfusion. This vascular proliferation is thought to occur as a response to the reduced retinal perfusion. The new vessels, however, do not grow normally and because of this, place the patient at risk for severe visual loss due to vitreous hemmorhage and/or fractional retinal detachment, or in the case of irisneovascularization (rubeosis), acute (closed-angle) glaucoma.

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