Over 5% of the world's population has disabling hearing loss, which affects approximately one third individuals over 65 years. Hearing aids are commonly used in this group, but prolonged use these devices may cause ear infections. We describe for first time, 3D printing to fabricate loaded with two antibiotics, ciprofloxacin and fluocinolone acetonide. Digital light processing was employed manu...

Corticosteroids are the most widely used class of drugs in dermatology. In the past, allergic contact dermatitis to topical corticosteriods was rarely reported. In this article, we present a case of delayed type hypersensitivity to triamcinolone acetonide.

BACKGROUND Despite the myriad options available, there is no universally accepted treatment for keloids. This study has compared intralesional triamcinolone acetonide, 5-fluorouracil, and their combination in treatment of keloids. METHODS In this randomized parallel group study, 60 patients were enrolled and randomly allocated to three groups. Patients received intralesional injections of tr...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide in patients with diffuse diabetic macular edema on the visual acuity and intraocular pressure. To report the potential adverse events and to analyze the potential relationship between age and visual acuity and intraocular pressure variability. METHODS This clinical controlled study included 14 patients (28 eyes), 14 of the...

PURPOSE To evaluate the response to intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for macular edema persisting or recurring despite multiple intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) treatments for central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). METHODS Retrospective interventional case series of 21 eyes with CRVO from 21 patients who were diagnosed with persistent or recurrent macular edema secondary to CRVO and treated...

Pain originating from ophthalmic disease has been well documented. A series of patients presenting with eye or periorbital pain attributed to cervical region dysfunction were diagnosed and treated with injections of subcutaneous lidocaine followed by triamcinolone acetonide. Twelve patients, 11 women and 1 man, ranging in age from 20 to 82 years had an evaluation including a complete eye examin...

Objective: To investigate the ability of high resolution grey scale sonography (GSS) and power Doppler sonography (PDS) to assess short term soft tissue changes induced by intra-articular steroid injection in the small joints of patients with chronic synovitis. Methods: 20 patients with clinically active synovitis of a small joint unresponsive to systemic drug treatment underwent a sonographic ...

AIM To report on visual outcome of patients receiving an intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide for treatment of diffuse diabetic macular oedema. METHODS Prospective, comparative, non-randomised clinical interventional study included 136 patients with diffuse diabetic macular oedema. Patients of the study group (97 eyes) received an intravitreal injection of 20-25 mg of triamcinolo...

AIM To evaluate prospectively immediate intraocular pressure (IOP) changes after the intravitreal injection of ranibizumab, 2 and 4mg triamcinolone acetonide. METHODS Patients who underwent intravitreal injection of 0.1mL (4mg) triamcinolone acetonide (TA, Group T4), 0.05mL (2mg) TA (Group T2) and 0.05mL (0.5mg) ranibizumab (Group R) comprised the study population. Overall, 229 eyes of 205 pa...

PURPOSE To evaluate the midterm anatomical and functional outcomes of intravitreal injection of low-dose triamcinolone acetonide in silicone oil-filled eyes as an adjunctive treatment for proliferative vitreoretinopathy. METHODS This is a retrospective interventional case series. Patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy grade C or D received pars plana vitrectomy combined with silicone o...