Intravitreal Injections in Arc Sterile Setting: Safety Profile after More Than 10,000 Treatments
Joint Authors
Reibaldi, Michele
Boscia, Francesco
Recchimurzo, N.
Furino, Claudio
Grassi, Maria Oliva
Bini, Vito
Nacucchi, Annalisa
Alessio, Giovanni
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-04-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To report the occurrence of endophthalmitis and other complications after intravitreal injections (IVIs) in the Arc Sterile setting.
Methods.
A retrospective study that enrolled all patients who underwent IVIs between November 2017 and March 2019, collecting data about the patient’s gender and age, type of injected drug, diagnosis, other ocular pathologies, physician and possible occurrence of endophthalmitis, or other complications.
Results.
Ten thousand and eighty-three IVIs were performed during the study period, involving 2014 eyes of 1,670 patients with an average age of 71.37 ± 11.63 years.
The injected drugs included ranibizumab (54.6%), aflibercept (38.0%), dexamethasone (6.7%), pegaptanib (0.3%), bevacizumab (0.4%), and ocriplasmin (0.01%).
The diagnosis included neovascular age-related macular degeneration (859), myopic choroidal neovascularization (154), diabetic macular edema (576), retinal vein occlusion (203), and miscellaneus diagnosis (222).
No cases of endophthalmitis were recorded.
One hundred and sixty-nine cases of ocular hypertension were detected, while the most frequent complication was subconjunctival hemorrhage, identified after 1,180 IVIs.
The residents performed over 80% of IVIs, but there was no statistically significant difference in incidence of complications between the residents group and consultants group.
Conclusions.
Arc Sterile seems to be a safe setting in which IVIs can be carried out, regarding infective risk, and it is easy to set up compared to operation theatre and useful to improve intravitreal injections governance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Furino, Claudio& Grassi, Maria Oliva& Bini, Vito& Nacucchi, Annalisa& Boscia, Francesco& Reibaldi, Michele…[et al.]. 2020. Intravitreal Injections in Arc Sterile Setting: Safety Profile after More Than 10,000 Treatments. Journal of Ophthalmology،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1189366
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Furino, Claudio…[et al.]. Intravitreal Injections in Arc Sterile Setting: Safety Profile after More Than 10,000 Treatments. Journal of Ophthalmology No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1189366
American Medical Association (AMA)
Furino, Claudio& Grassi, Maria Oliva& Bini, Vito& Nacucchi, Annalisa& Boscia, Francesco& Reibaldi, Michele…[et al.]. Intravitreal Injections in Arc Sterile Setting: Safety Profile after More Than 10,000 Treatments. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1189366
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1189366