Intravitreal Silicone Oil Droplets after Multiple Avastin Injections
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Intravitreal silicone oil droplets after intravitreal drug injections.
PURPOSE To present the finding of tiny silicone oil droplets in 15 eyes of 15 patients after intravitreal injections of an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agent or triamcinolone acetonide and to discuss the likely source of silicone oil. METHODS In an observational case series, charts of patients who had undergone intravitreal injections by one surgeon were reviewed retrospectively. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: JOJ Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2473-5477
DOI: 10.19080/jojo.2017.02.555588