To investigate the contralateral effect of extended release steroid implants on cystoid macular edema (CME).
Retrospective study of patients with bilateral CME receiving intravitreal injections of long-acting intravitreal corticosteroid implants. Changes in CME and central subfield thickness (CST) in the contralateral eye on optical coherence tomography (OCT) were compared to an untreated control group.
Thirteen study patients and 14 controls were included in the study. In the treatment group CST remained stable in all of the patients. Of the controls, CST worsened in 21.4% and remained stable in 78.6%. The mean CST (6.3 ± 30.3 vs. 27.5 ± 66.1 µm, p = 0.2) and the mean macular volume (0.08 ± 0.34 vs. -0.05 ± 0.21 mm3, P = 0.8) were not statistically different between the treatment group and control group.
In this study there was no statistically significant effect on CME of contralateral intravitreal corticosteroid implants.
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Posted 19 Mar, 2021
On 14 Mar, 2021
On 14 Mar, 2021
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Posted 19 Mar, 2021
On 14 Mar, 2021
On 14 Mar, 2021
On 14 Mar, 2021
On 13 Mar, 2021
To investigate the contralateral effect of extended release steroid implants on cystoid macular edema (CME).
Retrospective study of patients with bilateral CME receiving intravitreal injections of long-acting intravitreal corticosteroid implants. Changes in CME and central subfield thickness (CST) in the contralateral eye on optical coherence tomography (OCT) were compared to an untreated control group.
Thirteen study patients and 14 controls were included in the study. In the treatment group CST remained stable in all of the patients. Of the controls, CST worsened in 21.4% and remained stable in 78.6%. The mean CST (6.3 ± 30.3 vs. 27.5 ± 66.1 µm, p = 0.2) and the mean macular volume (0.08 ± 0.34 vs. -0.05 ± 0.21 mm3, P = 0.8) were not statistically different between the treatment group and control group.
In this study there was no statistically significant effect on CME of contralateral intravitreal corticosteroid implants.
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