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ArticleTaiwan journal of ophthalmology

Reducing intraocular-pressure spike after intravitreal-bevacizumab injection with ocular decompression using a sterile cotton swab soaked in proparacaine 0.5%: A quasi-experimental study.

Naveed A Qureshi, Hassan Mansoor, Sabihuddin Ahmad, Sarah Zafar, Muhammad Asif

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Article in Taiwan journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naveed A QureshiDepartment of Vireo-Retina, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Hassan MansoorDepartment of Vireo-Retina, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Sabihuddin AhmadDepartment of Vireo-Retina, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Sarah ZafarDepartment of Vireo-Retina, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Muhammad AsifDepartment of Vireo-Retina, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Combined Military Hospital · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background/purposeThe study was conducted to determine the effect of preinjection ocular decompression by a cotton swab soaked in local anesthetic on the immediate postinjection rise in intraocular pressure (IOP) after intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB).

methodsA nonrandomized, quasi-experimental interventional study was conducted at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Pakistan, from August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014. One hundred (

resultsThere was a significant difference in the mean IOP change (between Time 1 and Time 2) for the group injected with ocular decompression [

conclusionPatients receiving IVB injections with ocular-decompression soaking in proparacaine 0.5% experience significantly lower postinjection IOP spike, and that too for a considerably shorter duration as compared to those receiving IVB without ocular decompression.

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bevacizumabdecompressionintraocular pressure

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PMID29018715
PMCPMC5602693
OpenAlexW2336937687

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