Accidental intralenticular injection of dexametasone intravitreal implant during the treatment of refractory diabetic macular oedema
Journal Title: Офтальмологический журнал - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
This article deals with the clinical case of accidental intralenticular injection of dexamethasone implant during the treatment of refractory diabetic macula oedema. The paper is based on a comprehensive research of similar clinical cases regarding this complication. The therapy algorithm chosen by the authors is early-surgery approach with cataract phacoemulsification and relocation of Ozurdex to the vitreous body, which showed positive clinical effect.
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M. Kovtun, V. Klymenko, N. Kovtun
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- EP ID EP422872
- DOI 10.31288/oftalmolzh/2018/2/6769
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