Objectives: Blindness is one of the most widespread final pathways of diabetic retinopathy and its associated diabetic macular edema. The general practitioners are the first to encounter these diabetic patients.
Sultan H Al-Rashidi +4 more
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Laser treatment in diabetic retinopathy [PDF]
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in developed countries due to macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). For both complications laser treatment may offer proven therapy: the Diabetic Retinopathy
Akduman L +36 more
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An eighteen-month follow-up study on the effects of intravitreal dexamethasone implant in diabetic macular edema refractory to anti-VEGF therapy [PDF]
AIM: To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of dexamethasone implants in subjects affected by diabetic macular edema (DME) resistant to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy. METHODS: Thirty-two DME patients were enrolled.
Carnovale, Anna +7 more
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Widening use of dexamethasone implant for the treatment of macular edema [PDF]
Sustained-release intravitreal 0.7 mg dexamethasone (DEX) implant is approved in Europe for the treatment of macular edema related to diabetic retinopathy, branch retinal vein occlusion, central retinal vein occlusion, and non-infectious uveitis.
Avitabile T. +9 more
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PurposeTo examine the association of individual and combined indicators of diabetes control with diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema.Materials and methodsIn this clinical, cross-sectional study, 613 adults with type 2 diabetes (372 any ...
Eva K Fenwick +7 more
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Adverse events associated with intraocular injection of anti-VEGF(bevacizumab) in retinal vein ccclusion: a case report [PDF]
Introduction: Antiangiogenic agents are often administered for treatment of Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion (BRVO). Among them, Bevacizumab has noticeable antiangiogenic and antiedemigenic properties and possesses great capacity to penetrate the retinal ...
ARTICO, Marco +7 more
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Central Macular Thickness in Diabetic Macular Edema
Retinal microvascular dysfunction differs in macular edema lesions in the two eyes of the same patient with diabetic retinopathy.To evaluate the relationship between central macular thickness (CMT) and metabolic/systemic factors including anthropometric and laboratory findings, in patients with regressed diabetic retinopathy and a history of pars plana
Güngel, H. +4 more
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Comparison between “early” or “late” intravitreal injection of dexamethasone implant in branch (BRVO) or central (CRVO) retinal vein occlusion: six months follow-up [PDF]
AIM: The aim of this study was to compare early and late injections of intravitreal dexamethasone implant in patients affected by central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) or branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) with a six-months follow-up.
AUTOLITANO, MONICA +6 more
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and its fundus features in a patient with diabetes mellitus
In this case report, we present a patient with thrombocytopenia secondary to idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), whose fundus appearance had features of diabetic retinopathy with macular edema.
R Rajesh +2 more
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Comparison of Aflibercept (Eylea®) with Ranibizumab (Lucentis®) in treatment of diabetic macular edema by Optical Coherence Tomography [PDF]
Background: Diabetic macular edema (DME) can occur at any stage of non-proliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy. It is characterized by a swelling of the macular area that normally accounts for high-resolution visual acuity (VA), and DME ...
Hossam El din Khalil +2 more
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