Combination therapy with dexamethasone intravitreal implant and macular grid laser in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pichi, Francesco ^a   Specchia, Claudia ^b   Vitale, Lucia ^a   Lembo, Andrea ^a   Morara, Mariachiara ^c   Veronese, Chiara ^c   Ciardella, Antonio P ^c   Nucci, Paolo ^a  

^a University Eye Clinic   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CATARACT; CENTRAL RETINAL THICKNESS; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; INTRAVITREAL IMPLANT; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR GRID LASER; MACULAR THICKNESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPHTHALMIC DIODE LASER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETREATMENT; SLIT LAMP; SOLID STATE LASER; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84894145896     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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