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Case Reports
. 1979;57(6):1078-813.
doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1979.tb00540.x.

Treatment of acute occlusion of the retinal arteries

N V Nielsen
Case Reports

Treatment of acute occlusion of the retinal arteries

N V Nielsen. Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh). 1979.

Abstract

In five patients with obstruction of the retinal arteries, three with emboli, the circulation was reestablished by bulbus massage, intravenous administered acetazolamide and theophylamine. The patients were further treated with salicyclic acid for six months. An improvement of vision was obtained with maintained over a 2-year period. The basis of the present treatment occlusive arterial disorders in the retinal is discussed.

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