Ocular side effects associated with peribulbar injections of triamcinolone acetonide for diabetic macular edema

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-289

  Chew, Emily Y ^a   Glassman, Adam R ^b   Beck, Roy W ^b   Bressler, Neil M ^c   Fish, Gary E ^d   Ferris, Fredrick L ^a   Kinyoun, James L ^e  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS RETINA ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic macular edema; peribulbar injections; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PTOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SLIT LAMP;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACULAR EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; ORBIT; RISK FACTORS; TENON CAPSULE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 79551540849     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181f049a8     Document Type: Article

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