Surgical Management of Complications after Dexamethasone Implant.
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SUBMITTER: Sborgia G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7035535 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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Surgical Management of Complications after Dexamethasone Implant.
Sborgia Giancarlo G Niro Alfredo A D'Oria Francesco F Galeone Alessandra A Sborgia Luigi L Boscia Francesco F Sborgia Alessandra A Alessio Giovanni G
Case reports in ophthalmological medicine 20200210
<h4>Purpose</h4>To report surgical management of ocular complications occurred after dexamethasone (DEX) implant (Ozurdex®) injection.<h4>Methods</h4>Retrospective interventional case series.<h4>Results</h4>Different surgical procedures including viscoexpression to manage the migration of the implant into the anterior chamber, "phaco-rolling" technique for the intralenticular injection, and vitrectomy with implant removal for an acute endophthalmitis were performed. Successful management of diff ...[more]
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