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Sterile Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Injections
Joint Authors
Marticorena, Joaquín
Romano, Vito
Gómez-Ulla, Francisco
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Sterile endophthalmitis appears as an infrequent complication of intravitreal injections and seems to develop mainly in the context of the off-label use of drugs that have not been conceived for intravitreous administration.
The aetiology of sterile endophthalmitis, independently of the administered drug, remains uncertain and a multifactorial origin cannot be discarded.
Sterile inflammation secondary both to intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide and to intravitreal bevacizumab share many characteristics such as the acute and painless vision loss present in the big majority of the cases.
Dense vitreous opacity is a common factor, while anterior segment inflammation appears to be mild to moderate.
In eyes with sterile endophthalmitis, visual acuity improves progressively as the intraocular inflammation reduces without any specific treatment.
If by any chance the ophthalmologist is not convinced by the sterile origin of the inflammation, this complication must be treated as an acute endophthalmitis because of the devastating visual prognosis of this intraocular infection in the absence of therapy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Marticorena, Joaquín& Romano, Vito& Gómez-Ulla, Francisco. 2012. Sterile Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Injections. Mediators of Inflammation،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Marticorena, Joaquín…[et al.]. Sterile Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Injections. Mediators of Inflammation No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Marticorena, Joaquín& Romano, Vito& Gómez-Ulla, Francisco. Sterile Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Injections. Mediators of Inflammation. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1001253
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1001253