Authors ’ Reply

We appreciate the thoughtful comments Dr. Olsen and colleagues on our article “Central retinal artery occlusion – a new, provisional treatment approach”1. We agree that CRAO is a stroke and we emphasize this in our article because we believe it is still not well understood, nor its significance, by many ophthalmologists, emergency physicians, neurologists and generalist s. We also agree that there is no strong evidence based therapy for CRAO; however, despite the recommendation of no ophthalmic treatment by the Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP) covering CRAO5, ophthalmologists worldwide continue to perform various therapies for CRAO2,3,6,7,8.
Source: Survey of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Letter Source Type: research