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ReviewClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2020

Issues with Intravitreal Administration of Anti-VEGF Drugs.

Marc Schargus, Andreas Frings

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Review in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Intravitreal injection delivered volume under different environmental and training conditions.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  14. Long-Acting Ocular Injectables: Are We Looking In The Right Direction?Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  16. Life Quality in Patients with Impaired Visual Acuity Undergoing Intravitreal Medication Applications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  18. [Silicone oil droplets in the vitreous body after intravitreal injection].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marc SchargusDepartment of Ophthalmology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Andreas FringsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo provide an update of summary of risk factors and side effects of long-term use and contamination of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections.

methodsWe reviewed relevant publications of the topic of contamination of anti-VEGF injections and long-term side effects due to this reason.

resultsDue to the long-term use of anti-VEGF drugs and the higher number of injections worldwide, various studies have shown side effects in recent years, ranging from increased intraocular pressure to visual disturbing silicone oil vesicles in the vitreous cavity. Several studies have demonstrated that both the drug and the processing, storage, environmental factors and the material and design of the syringes have a decisive influence on these side effects.

conclusionThe risks of deposits from syringes in the eye can be significantly reduced by various optimizations in transport, storage and syringe and cannula selection.

Indexed as

contaminationintraocular pressuremacular diseasesprotein particlessilicone oilsyringes

Identifiers

PMID32256047
PMCPMC7101474
OpenAlexW3012570924

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