Retrospective Study
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World J Clin Cases. Dec 26, 2020; 8(24): 6243-6251
Published online Dec 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i24.6243
Three-year follow-up of Coats disease treated with conbercept and 532-nm laser photocoagulation
Li Jiang, Bo Qin, Xiao-Ling Luo, He Cao, Ting-Ming Deng, Ming-Ming Yang, Ting Meng, Hui-Qin Yang
Li Jiang, Xiao-Ling Luo, He Cao, Ting-Ming Deng, Ming-Ming Yang, Ting Meng, Hui-Qin Yang, Department of Ophthalmology, Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, Guangdong Province, China
Bo Qin, Department of Ophthalmology, Shenzhen Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Jinan University, Shenzhen 518032, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Jiang L was responsible for the conception of the article, case analysis, statistics and article writing and was the main contributor to the writing of the manuscript; Qin B and Luo XL were responsible for the guidance and revision of the article; Cao H was responsible for assisting with the query of literature and analysis of statistical results; Deng TM collected and reviewed follow-up records of major cases; Yang MM, Meng T and Yang HQ were responsible for the collection of case data and assisting with document search; All authors have read and approved the manuscript.
Supported by the Shenzhen Municipal Health and Family Planning System Research Project, No. SZFZ2017085.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by the ethics committee of Shenzhen People’s Hospital (No. LL-KY-2020238). 
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: Not applicable.
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Corresponding author: Bo Qin, MD, Doctor, Shenzhen Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Jinan University, No. 1017 Dongmen North Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen 518020, Guangdong Province, China. jiang.li@szhospital.com
Received: August 4, 2020
Peer-review started: August 4, 2020
First decision: August 21, 2020
Revised: September 22, 2020
Accepted: November 2, 2020
Article in press: November 2, 2020
Published online: December 26, 2020
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Coats disease is an idiopathic exudative outer retinopathy caused by abnormal retinal vascular development. Intravitreal injection of conbercept combined with 532-nm laser photocoagulation may be a feasible treatment for Coats disease in adult patients.