OUTCOMES OF OCULAR SALVAGE TREATMENT IN RETINOBLASTOMA AT VIETNAM NATIONAL EYE HOSPITAL

Châu Phạm Thị Minh, Thủy Vũ Thị Bích, Văn Phạm Trọng, Tuấn Hoàng Anh, Việt Nguyễn Bá, Dung Hoàng Lê

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Objective: To evaluate the results of conservative treatment of retinoblastoma (RB) at VietNam National Eye Hospital from 2015 to December 2018. Subjects and methods: Non-controlled clinical intervention study on 48 eyes of 43 RB patients who had been treated salvage global with an average follow-up time of 22.1 ± 10.7 months. Results: The average age of the study group of patients was 15.7 ± 12.8 months. There was no difference in the ratio of male and female children. 35/43 patients (81.4%) were diagnosed through screening due to a history of 1 eye diagnosed with RB, 6 patients (13.9%) were detected with leukocoria and 2 patients (4.7%) strabismus. The results of conservative treatment were 35/48 eyes (72.9%) successfully treated, of which 100% of group A (6/6 eyes), 90.9% of group B (20/22 eyes), 66.7% of group C (4/6 eyes), 50% of group D (4/8 eyes) and the lowest was 16.7% of group E (1/6 eyes). There were 13 eyes (27.1%) that failed treatment and required enucleation (due to treatment failure including progressive tumor, vitreous seeding or vitreous hemorrhage). After treatment, 12/35 eyes of children under 36 months did not cooperate in visual acuity testing but 100% had results of fixation. There were 15/23 eyes had visual acuity of 20/200 or better, with 4 eyes achieving visual acuity of 20/20 ( Snellen VA test). Conclusion: The success rate of eye conservation treatment in RB is multidisciplinary coordination. The prognosis of visual acuity after conservative treatment is related to the location and size of the tumor. 

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