Ikhwanuliman Putera, Asri Salima Ridwan, Metta Dewi, Carlos Cifuentes-González, William Rojas-Carabali, Ratna Sitompul, Lukman Edwar, Made Susiyanti, Yulia Aziza, Carlos Pavesio, Soon-Phaik Chee, Padmamalini Mahendradas, Jyotirmay Biswas, John H Kempen, Vishali Gupta, Alejandra de-la-Torre, Rina La Distia Nora, Rupesh Agrawal
Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a progressive intraocular inflammatory syndrome characterized by diffuse necrotizing retinitis that can lead to a poor visual outcome, mainly from retinal detachment. The antiviral treatment approach for ARN varies as there are no established guidelines. We summarize the outcomes of ARN with available antiviral treatments. Electronic searches were conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, and Google Scholar for interventional and observational studies. Meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the pooled proportion of the pre-defined selected outcomes...
September 27, 2023: Survey of Ophthalmology