Iatrogenic crystalline lens injury during intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide: A report of two cases
Iatrogenic crystalline lens injury during intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide: A report of two cases作者机构:Department of OphthalmologyLonghua HospitalShanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghai 200032China Department of General SurgeryShanghai Tenth People’s HospitalTongji UniversityShanghai 200072China
出 版 物:《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期:2019年第7卷第22期
页 面:3784-3791页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
基 金:Supported by Scientific Research Projects of Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission No.201640049
主 题:Crystalline lens Intravitreal injection Triamcinolone acetonide Iatrogenicinjury Case report
摘 要:BACKGROUND Intravitreal injection has become an efficient approach for delivering drugs at therapeutic levels to the posterior segment in retinal ***,the increased frequency and number of intravitreal injections have raised concerns about their side *** manipulation during surgery is relatively simple,details of the procedure are easily *** crystalline lens injury is a rare complication caused by improper manipulation during surgical *** report two cases of crystalline lens injury during intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide(TA)with the hope of providing an insight into this *** SUMMARY Case 1 was a 62-year-old woman with macular edema caused by central retinal vein occlusion in her right eye,and Case 2 was a 65-year-old man with macular edema caused by branch retinal vein occlusion in his right *** view of the patients’condition and economic constraints,an intravitreal injection of TA was *** to inappropriate manipulation during surgery,the lens was *** site of lens injury and clinical manifestations were different in the two *** treatment and continuous follow-up were carried *** therapeutic effect following phacoemulsification of the cataract was *** Well-defined surgical incision under proper anesthesia,sufficient patient information and proficient anatomical skills of the physician are mandatory to prevent this rare adverse *** and meticulous phacoemulsification of the cataract is suggested.