Abstract:

Retinal artery occlusion, causing irretrievably visual loss due to the retinal hypoxic\|ischemic apoptosis, is also called eye stroke. The conservative treatment is wildly use in clinic, including ocular massage, anterior chamber paracentesis, vasodilator and lower intraocular pressure. Studies indicated that the conservative treatments have no effective to improve the vision, some of them might be harmful. As for the aggressive treatment, which consist of intravenous/intra\|arterial thrombolysis, surgery and YAG\|laser treatment, the studies showed a certain degree of effect, particularly thrombolysis, whereas exist sorts of complication. The traditional Chinese medicine treatment is needed to be scientifically evaluated. Evaluating the patient’s condition scientifically and choosing the most suitable treatment to get the best outcome is important.