The present study aims to report a case of conjunctival necrosis and scleritis due to a subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonate. A 15-year-old boy received a subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonate after a pars plana vitrectomy due to an intraocular foreign body. Seven days later, conjunctival necrosis and scleritis appeared at the site of injection. No improvement was seen after se...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of subtenon with peribulbar local anesthesia without hyaluronidase in patients undergoing cataract surgery. STUDY DESIGN A randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Eye "B" Unit, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, from October 2009 to October 2010. METHODOLOGY Patients undergoing cataract surgery were divided into two groups. Group A recei...

the present study aims to report a case of conjunctival necrosis and scleritis due to a subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonate. a 15-year-old boy received a subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonate after a pars plana vitrectomy due to an intraocular foreign body. seven days later, conjunctival necrosis and scleritis appeared at the site of injection. no improvement was seen after se...

We present a case of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) related cystoid macular edema (CME) refractory to oral acetazolamide and topical ketorolac that was treated with intravitreal and subtenon depot triamcinolone. A 32-year-old male with RP presented with complaints of bilateral decrease in visual acuity. His best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/50 in the right eye and 20/100 in the left eye. Af...

PURPOSE Cystoid macular edema (CME) is associated with the use of prostaglandin eye drops after cataract surgery. The study aim was to report on the treatment of two CME patients with subtenon triamcinolone injections. METHODS Case one was a 70-year-old woman who underwent uneventful cataract surgery. Travoprost was administrated at 10 weeks after surgery, and CME occurred at 13 weeks after s...

purpose: to evaluate the effects of posterior subtenon triamcinolone acetonide (ta) injection on clinical, angiographic, and optical coherence tomographic (oct) features in refractory diabetic macular edema (dme). method: in a randomized double-masked placebo-controlled clinical trial, 38 consecutive patients (64 eyes) with dme refractory to previous laser therapy or not suitable for such treat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate intraoperative subtenon triamcinolone acetonide (TA) as an adjunct to Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation. DESIGN Retrospective comparative case series. PARTICIPANTS Forty-two consecutive cases of uncontrolled glaucoma undergoing AGV implantation: 19 eyes receiving intraoperative subtenon TA and 23 eyes that did not receive TA. METHODS A retrospective chart revie...

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of the posterior subtenon (SBT) capsule injection of TA as compared to intravitreal (IVT) injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide (TA) for the management of cystoid diabetic macular edema in pseudophakic patients. Methods: This prospective randomized comparative study included 100 pseudophakic eyes with cystoid macular edema. They were divided into two equal gr...

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of subtenon injection of botulinum toxin a (dysport) in acute 6th nerve palsy. methods: this randomized clinical trial was performed on 28 patients with 6th nerve palsy of less than 3 months’ duration without history of extraocular muscles abnormality. ophthalmic examinations included visual acuity, degree of eye deviation, slitlamp biomicroscopy and funduscopy...