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ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports2022

Epiretinal membrane after branch retinal vein occlusion: Separation after dexamethasone implant injection.

Saeed T Alshahrani, Salem T Alshahrani, J Fernando Arevalo

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Article in American journal of ophthalmology case reports, 2022. 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
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Spontaneous epiretinal membrane resolution: mechanisms, outcomes, and implications for clinical management.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Saeed T AlshahraniOphthalmology division, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Salem T AlshahraniCollege of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
J Fernando ArevaloRetina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
King Fahd Medical City · SAJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe authors report a case of epiretinal membrane after branch retinal vein occlusion with macular wrinkling that was successfully managed without surgical treatment. OBSERVATIONS: A patient presented with complaints of a gradual decrease in vision, with metamorphopsia over the previous 2 years in the right eye. The patient was diagnosed with a grade 2 epiretinal membrane (ERM) with macular wrinkling in the right eye that was confirmed with optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrating significant macular thickening. The patient refused surgical intervention, and was managed with a dexamethasone implant to decrease macular edema. Six months later, the patient presented with resolution of macular edema, separation of the ERM from the retina as confirmed with OCT, and excellent visual recovery. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: A dexamethasone implant injection can be an alternative treatment for ERM resulting in excellent visual recovery and possibly, separation of ERM.

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DexamethasoneDexamethasone implantEpiretinal membrane

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PMCPMC8743195
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