Spontaneous dislocation of fluocinolone acetonide implant pellets from their suture struts

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 868-876.e1

  Itty, Sujit ^a   Callanan, David ^b   Jones, Racheal ^b   Pecen, Paula ^a   Martel, Joseph ^a   Jaffe, Glenn J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS RETINA ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; DRUG IMPLANT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; DRUG PELLET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVITREAL IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMIC SUTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG IMPLANT; MACULAR EDEMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUTURE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG IMPLANTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84927574791     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.01.031     Document Type: Article

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