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¹İzmir Atatürk Devlet Hastanesi
²Dokuz Eylül Üniv. Tıp Fak. We performed a prospective study to evaluate the role of axial lenght and hypermetropia as a risk factor in retinal vein occlusions. Thirty nine patients with central vein occlusion (CRVO), 50 patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), 13 patients with hemispheric retinal vein occlusion(HRVO) and 45 control patients were enrolled the study.
Mean values of axial lenght measurement in CRVO group compared with their normal eyes were 23.20 1.16 and 23.13 1.14 respectively. These values were 23.13 1.0 and 23.15 1.02 in BRVO, 23.29 0.77 and 23.14 0.61 in HRVO and 23.10 0.63 in the control group. Statistically significant difference between all subgroups of retinal vein occlusion and control group was not detected. (p<0.05).
Hypermetropia was found 31% (12/39) in CRVO, %28 (14/50) in BRVO, 31%(4/13) in HRVO and 33.4% (15/45) in control group. There was no statistically significant difference between groups. (p>0.05).
In light of our study, we conclueded that axial lenght and hypermetropia were not a significant risk factor in the ethiology of retinal vein occlusion. Keywords : Axial lenght, Hypermetropia, Retinal vein occlusion