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SUBMITTER: Yoon YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6106142 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoon Young Hee YH Kim Jong Woo JW Lee Joo Yong JY Kim In Taek IT Kang Se Woong SW Yu Hyeong Gon HG Koh Hyoung Jun HJ Kim Sung Soo SS Chang Dong-Jin DJ Simonyi Susan S
Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde 20180411 2
<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the effect of dexamethasone intravitreal implant for macular edema (ME) following branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) in Korean patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a prospective, open-label, multicenter study of 71 patients with ME for < 3 months. Retreatment was allowed ≥4 months from the last injection.<h4>Results</h4>At 6 and 12 months, mean ± SD best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improvement was 18.6 ± 12.9 and 15.3 ± 15.0 letters, respectively. Approximately ...[more]