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    Fabian, Ido D; Naeem, Zishan; Stacey, Andrew W; Chowdhury, Tanzina; Duncan, Catriona; Reddy, M. Ashwin; Sagoo, Mandeep S

    American journal of ophthalmology, 07/2017, Letnik: 179
    Journal Article

    Abstract Purpose To analyse the long-term visual acuity, strabismus and nystagmus outcomes in Group D retinoblastoma following multimodality treatments in a national retinoblastoma referral centre. Design Retrospective interventional case series. Methods A 13-year retrospective chart review of Group D eyes treated initially with intravenous chemotherapy (IVC) and followed-up for at least 1 year from last treatment. Risk factors for final visual acuity (VA) were analysed, and rate of strabismus and nystagmus at last follow-up visit were calculated. Results One hundred and four Group D eyes (92 patients) presented to our centre during the study period, of which 32 (27 patients) met the inclusion criteria. Following IVC (vincristine, etoposide and carboplatin), adjuvant treatments included intra-ophthalmic artery chemotherapy in 5 (16%) eyes, plaque brachytherapy in 5 (16%), transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in 18 (56%) and cryotherapy in 24 (75%) eyes. On last examination, 64.41 ± 6.76 months from presentation, mean final VA was 20/283 (logMAR equivalent of 1.15±0.15). On univariate analysis, presentation age, foveal retinoblastoma (at initial examination), use of TTT and tumour-foveola distance (at last visit) were found to be significant risk factors for worse VA (p<0.026). On multivariate analysis, however, only TTT was found to be significant (p=0.010). At last visit, 6/27 (22%) patients had nystagmus and 12/20 (60%) of bilaterally salvaged patients had strabismus (n=10 exotropia and n=2 esotropia). Conclusions Following multimodality treatments initiated with IVC, 50% of salvaged Group D retinoblastoma eyes had <20/200 vision, with TTT being a risk factor for worse vision, 60% had strabismus and 22% nystagmus.