Clinicians may misinterpret the black spaces identified on OCT as edema ... significant loss of vision due to subretinal hemorrhage, cystoid macular edema, hard exudates and disciform scarring ...

At 5 years, the researchers found no significant link between OSA and macular hemorrhage (0.67% vs 0.58%; HR 1.05, 95% CI 0.90-1.21, P=0.98) or legal blindness (0.22% vs 0.23%; HR 1.00 ...