Gastrointestinal Unit, 3rd Academic Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Medicine, Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming", Vari, Greece; Department of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: kollias@fleming.gr.
Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM), John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.
To quantify the areas of burden experienced by patients requiring repeated intravitreal injections (IVI) in the management of exudative retinal diseases....
The validated Questionnaire to Assess Life Impact of Treatment by Intravitreal Injections survey was administered to patients at four retina clinical practices across four US states. The primary outco...
Of 1416 (n=657 age-related macular degeneration; n=360 diabetic macular oedema/diabetic retinopathy; n=221 retinal vein occlusion; n=178 other/uncertain) patients, 55% were women with an average age o...
The mean TBS was moderate and highest among patients with DMO/DR. Patients with more total injections reported lower levels of discomfort and anxiety but higher disruption to daily life. Despite the c...
Intravitreal injections (IVI s) have gained increased popularity in the past decades and are used to treat a multitude of ailments. In 2010, the total number of IVI s surpassed the number of cataract ...
Despite the effectiveness of intravitreal injection (IVI) of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor in treating retinal diseases, there remains a paucity of evidence on potential systemic risks assoc...
Patients who received IVIs for retinal/macular diseases were enrolled retrospectively. Patients who received cataract surgeries were enrolled as controls. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) an...
Seventy patients who received IVIs and 95 patients who received cataract surgeries were enrolled. A higher preoperative systolic BP was found in the IVI groups than in the control group (147.0 ± 22.9 ...
We found a transient increase in BP after IVIs, which may have been associated with hypertensive urgency and related cardiovascular disorders in older patients and in those with relevant comorbidities...
To investigate the effects of serial intravitreal injections (IVIs) on the ocular surface and meibomian glands (MGs) in patients treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) for ne...
Retrospective, controlled, observational study....
Patients with nAMD receiving unilateral IVIs with anti-VEGF agents. The fellow eye was used as control....
Tear film and ocular surface examinations were performed on a single occasion at a minimum of 4 weeks after IVI. A pre-IVI asepsis protocol with povidone-iodine (PVP-I) was applied....
Upper and lower MG loss, tear meniscus height (TMH), bulbar redness (BR) score, noninvasive tear break-up time (NIBUT), tear film osmolarity (TOsm), Schirmer test, corneal staining, fluorescein tear f...
Ninety patients with a mean age of 77.5 years (standard deviation [SD], 8.4; range 54-95) were included. The median number of IVIs in treated eyes was 19.5 (range, 2-132). Mean MG loss in the upper ey...
Repeated IVIs with anti-VEGF with preoperative PVP-I application was associated with reduced MG loss, increased tear volume, and reduced signs of inflammation compared with fellow nontreated eyes in p...
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Endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection is a potentially devastating complication of anti-VEGF injections. Post-injection endophthalmitis due to Enterococcus faecalis is rare, and no previous...
We present the first reported case of Morganella morganii and Enterococcus faecalis endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection in an immunocompetent patient in the absence of recent ocular surgery. ...
Post-injection endophthalmitis due to concurrent Morganella morganii and Enterococcus faecalis infections can have visually devastating consequences despite repeated empirical and targeted intravitrea...
Intravitreal injections (IVT) of a drug aim to rapidly obtain effective concentrations greater than those that would be obtained by a periocular or intravenous injection. The objective of the present ...
We conducted a 21-month ambidirectional observational study from January 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. We included by nonprobability sampling all consenting patients admitted for IVT at IOTA Teachin...
During our study, 201 patients were collected out of 30 739 patients seen in consultation. The hospital frequency of IVT was 0.65%. There were 111 women and 90 men. The M/F ratio was 0.82. The number ...
The contribution of IVT in the treatment of vitreoretinal diseases is extraordinary. Rigorous observation of aseptic technique and good practices protects against infectious complications....
IVT has allowed us to effectively treat various diseases of the vitreous and retina. IVT is a simple procedure, but it must be performed with the same aseptic technique as surgical procedures....
To explore whether topical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients scheduled for intravitreal injections achieves surface sterility in a greater proportion of subjects as compared to povidone-iodine alone....
A randomized, triple-blind clinical trial....
patients scheduled for intravitreal injections for maculopathy....
any sex and race, age 18 years and above. Subjects were randomized into 4 groups: the first group applied chloramphenicol (CHLORAM), the second netilmicin (NETILM), the third a commercial ozonized ant...
percentage of non-sterile conjunctival swabs. Specimens were collected before and after the application of 5% povidone-iodine moments before the injection....
Ninety-eight subjects (33.7% females, 64.3% males), mean age: 70.2 ± 9.3 years (54-91). Before povidone-iodine, both the CHLORAM and NETILM group showed a lower percentage of non-sterile swabs (61.1% ...
Topical antibiotic prophylaxis with chloramphenicol or netilmicin drops decreases the bacterial load on the conjunctiva. However, after the application of povidone-iodine, all groups showed a signific...
The aim of the present study was to investigate changes in metamorphopsia in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) following intravitreal aflibercept injection (IVA) with the treat and extend (TA...
The aim of this study was to follow the instruments' pathways and cost each segment to calculate whether reusable or disposable ophthalmic instruments offer better value for money for intravitreal inj...
The cycles and costs of reusable and single-use disposable instruments used for intravitreal injections were mapped out, including purchase costs, transport to and from the place of use, opening and d...
Intravitreal injections performed with reusable instruments offer better value for money than when performed with disposable instruments. This equates to a beneficial financial saving just for this on...
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a proliferative disorder of the developing retina. Intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVB) is an emerging treatment for severe forms of ROP, which does not restric...
In this retrospective study, 98 eyes of 49 infants with ROP who had received IVB injections as the primary treatment for type 1 ROP are included....
Fifty-four eyes (55.1%) had aggressive retinopathy of prematurity (A-ROP), and forty-four (44.9%) had Stage III Plus ROP in Zone II. ROP recurred in 13 eyes (13.26%) of 8 infants. The mean period betw...
Low birth weight and oxygen therapy are the most important risk factors for ROP relapse, which requires meticulous oxygen treatment guidelines for premature infants....
