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EFFECT OF AN INTRAVITREAL DEXAMETHASONE IMPLANT ON DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA AFTER CATARACT SURGERY
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EFFECT OF AN INTRAVITREAL DEXAMETHASONE IMPLANT ON DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA AFTER CATARACT SURGERY

Pilar Calvo, Antonio Ferreras, Fadwa Al Adel, Wantanee Dangboon and Michael H. Brent
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol.38(3), pp.490-496
01/03/2018
PMCID: PMC5841849
PMID: 28196056

Abstract

cataract dexamethasone diabetes diabetic macular edema intravitreal optical coherence tomography Original Study
This prospective, single-arm, open label study demonstrates that a single dexamethasone intravitreal implant administered immediately after cataract surgery in Type 2 diabetic patients and at least mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy prevents the occurrence of postsurgical macular edema over the ensuing 3-month treatment period.

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