TY  - JOUR
TI  - Short Term Efficacy of Adjunctive Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection During Vitrectomy for Epiretinal Membrane Peeling
AB  - Objective: To report whether adjunctive intravitreal (IV) triamcinolone acetonide (TA) (2 mg/0.05 mL) injection provided bet-ter anatomical and functional outcomes in patients having undergone pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) peeling. Material and Methods: A total of 27 eyes of 27 patients with idiopathic ERM were enrolled in and were divided into 2 groups based on having injection of 2 mg/0.05 ml IV TA at the end of the surgery as TA (-) and TA (+) group. ERM was stained with brilliant blue. Mean change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thick-ness (CMT) and intraocular pressure (IOP) from baseline was evalua-ted at postoperative visits over 6-month follow-up. Results: The mean BCVA improved from 0.35±0.16 logMAR (range: 0.15-0.7) and 0.48±0.30 logMAR (range: 0.15-1.30) at baseline to 0.20±0.16 (range:0.05-0.5) and 0.34±0.23 logMAR (range: 0.1-1) at postop 6-month in TA (+) group (p=0.020) and TA (-) group (p=0.014), respectively. There was no significant difference in mean BCVA and CMT change at any follow-up visits between the 2 groups (p>0.05 for all visits) . IOP re-mained stable in both groups during follow-up. Conclusion: IV injec-tion of TA did not seem to provide additional benefit for post-operative anatomical and functional outcomes.
AU  - Karabaş, Levent
AU  - KILIC MUFTUOGLU, ILKAY
AU  - James, Braydon
DO  - 10.5336/ophthal.2020-76638
PY  - 2021
JO  - Türkiye Klinikleri Oftalmoloji Dergisi
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1300-0365
SP  - 36
EP  - 41
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/438859
ER  -