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ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2021

Effect of Alternate Treatment with Intravitreal Corticosteroid and Anti-VEGF for Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion.

Young Hwan Bae, Seong Mi Kim, Jin Young Kim, So Hyun Bae, Hakyoung Kim, Dae Joong Ma

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Article in Journal of ophthalmology, 2021. 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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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Young Hwan BaeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Seong Mi KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea.
Jin Young KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6204-9537
So Hyun BaeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hakyoung KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Dae Joong MaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9322-5898
Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital · KRJeju National University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate whether treatment with intravitreal corticosteroid and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections alternately can improve treatment outcomes of macular edema (ME) caused by retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

methodsThis dual-center retrospective study included 112 eyes with treatment-naïve ME secondary to RVO that were alternately treated with intravitreal corticosteroid and anti-VEGF injections (33 eyes, alternate group) or treated only with intravitreal anti-VEGF injections (79 eyes, anti-VEGF group) on a pro re nata basis.

resultsDuring the 12-month follow-up period, the alternate group achieved a visual acuity gain of 0.39 logMAR, while the anti-VEGF group achieved a gain of 0.21 logMAR (

conclusionsIn ME secondary to RVO, treatment with intravitreal corticosteroid and anti-VEGF injections alternately resulted in a more favorable visual outcome compared with intravitreal anti-VEGF monotherapy.

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PMID34621544
PMCPMC8492286
OpenAlexW3202774816

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