The study aimed to investigate the efficacy of intravenous optic neuritis treatment trial (ONTT) regiment on the treatment of patients with acute retrobulbar neuritis. This was a cross sectional study using medical records data of patients diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral retrobulbar neuritis by normal funduscopic findings and typical optic neuritis perimetry results within 14 days of onset from the Neuro-ophthalmology Clinic, Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta from January to December 2015. Medical records data of patients who received 1000 mg methylprednisolone IV per day for 3 days followed by 11 days 1 mg/kg body weight oral prednisolone were reviewed. Visual acuity (VA) at onset, final VA at time of follow up, delta VA improvement and time of follow up were included in the analyses. Twenty data of patients aged 33.95±8.07 years with VA at onset of 1.96±0.81 (~ 1 m CF) were analyzed in this study. Significantly improvement in final VA after treatment to be 1.39±1.12 (~ 5 m CF) was reported (p=0.001). The VA at onset was a predictive factor for final VA (p <0.001). Every 1.17 increase of final VA for every one-point decreased VA at onset (p<0.001). Time follow up showed to be trend (p=0.059), however, age and sex were not a predictive factor of final VA (p>0.05). In conclusion, there is VA improvement after the treatment of ONTT regiment. The VA at onset is a predictive factor of final VA on patients with acute retrobulbar neuritis.

Introduction: To evaluate whether the combination of diclofenac eye drops and bevacizumab intravitreal injection would provide additional benefits over bevacizumab alone in the treatment of naïve diabetic macular edema (DME). Methods: A total of 43 patients were enrolled consecutively and randomized into two groups to receive combination treatment with intravitreal bevacizumab and topical diclofenac (group 1) or bevacizumab alone (group 2). Group 1 patients received single bevacizumab intravitreal injection and got self-administered diclofenac eye drop four times daily for one month. Group 2 patients received single bevacizumab intravitreal injection alone. Outcome data were obtained from patient visits at baseline and at 1 month after bevacizumab intravitreal injection. All patients underwent measurement of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), a complete eye examination, and measurement of central macular thickness (CMT). Result: The mean reduction in CMT in the combination group was 130.42±32.57 µm (p<0.01), while in the bevacizumab alone group the reduction was 141.38±45.27 µm (p<0.01), there is no significant difference between the two groups (p=0.866). The mean improvement of BCVA was 0.32±0.10 log Mar in the combination group and 0.26±0.12 in group 2, there is no significant difference between the two groups (p=0.691). There was no adverse ocular event in the two groups. Conclusion: In patients with naïve DME, adding diclofenac eye drop as adjuvant of bevacizumab intravitreal injection are less likely to have a meaningful effect on reducing the central macular thickness. Keywords: Diabetic macular edema, NSAID, diclofenac, anti-VEGF, bevacizumab, central macular thickness