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- Title
Intravitreal and Orbital Floor Triamcinolone Acetonide Injections in Noninfectious Uveitis: A Comparative Study.
- Authors
Martin Roesel; Matthias Gutfleisch; Carsten Heinz; Britta Heimes; Beatrix Zurek-Imhoff; Arnd Heiligenhaus
- Abstract
AbstractPurpose:To compare the effect of orbital floor (OFTA) or intravitreal (IVTA) administration of triamcinolone acetonide on visual acuity and chronic cystoid macular edema (CME) in patients with uveitis. Methods:Retrospective study of patients suffering from chronic noninfectious uveitis in whom CME (n = 97) did not respond to systemic corticosteroids and/or immunosuppression combined with acetazolamide. Patients received a single injection of either IVTA (n = 48, group 1) or OFTA (n = 49, group 2). Best-corrected visual acuity, macular edema (fluorescein angiography), uveitis activity, ocular hypertension, and cataract formation were analyzed over the course of 1 year. Results:Improvement in visual acuity (≥2 lines, LogMAR) was noted in 50 (IVTA) and 34 (OFTA) after 3 months (p = 0.23), and in 18 (IVTA) and 20 (OFTA) after 12 months. CME improved in 100 (IVTA) and 76 (OFTA) of the eyes within the first month postoperatively (p = 0.36). Macular edema was reduced in 100 (group 1) and 20 (group 2) after 3 months (p 21 mm Hg) was detected in 21 (IVTA) and 0 (OFTA) at 4 weeks (p < 0.01) after injection. Conclusion:Uveitic CME and visual acuity not responding to systemic immunosuppression and acetazolamide may improve after an IVTA and OFTA injection. The effect is mostly transient. While the IVTA injections were more effective for improving CME, ocular hypertension and cataracts developed more often.Copyright © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
UVEITIS; COMPARATIVE studies; TRIAMCINOLONE acetonide; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNODEFICIENCY; VISUAL acuity; IMMUNOLOGICAL tolerance; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Ophthalmic Research, 2009, Vol 42, Issue 2, p81
- ISSN
0030-3747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000220600