Use of an Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant (Ozurdex) in a Case with Accidental Foveal Photocoagulation by Alexandrite Laser

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 130-134

  Bulut, Muhammed Nurullah ^a   Çalll, Ümit ^a   Göktaş, Eren ^a   Bulut, Kezban ^a   Kandemir, Baran ^a   Özertürk, Yusuf ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexandrite laser; Macular edema; Ozurdex

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ALEXANDRITE LASER; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG USE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; OPHTHALMIC PERIMETER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINITIS; SCOTOMA;

EID: 84988714255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000444077     Document Type: Article

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