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ArticleJournal of vitreoretinal diseases

Ganglion Cell Layer Thickness Change in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treated With Anti-VEGF Injections.

Dimosthenis Mantopoulos, Hetal Ray, George Sanchez, Russell Pokroy, Daniel B Roth

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Article in Journal of vitreoretinal diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Dimosthenis MantopoulosRutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Hetal RayYale Eye Center, New Haven, CT, USA.
George SanchezGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
Russell PokroyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon affiliated to the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er Sheba, Israel.
Daniel B RothRutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Barzilai Medical Center · ILDartmouth College · USDartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USJohnson University · USYale Cancer Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: This work assesses bilateral ganglion cell layer-inner plexiform layer (GCL-IPL) thickness changes in patients with unilateral neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) treated with antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF). Methods: In this single-center, retrospective, cohort study, the medical records of patients with unilateral nAMD treated with anti-VEGF were reviewed. The treated group included eyes with newly diagnosed nAMD that subsequently underwent treatment with intravitreal anti-VEGF injections. The control group was the fellow eye with dry AMD. Eyes receiving at least 10 intravitreal injections were included. Measurement of GCL-IPL thickness was performed at different time points using spectral domain-optical coherence tomography. Results: A total of 216 eyes of 108 patients met the inclusion criteria. The mean age ± SD was 80.1 ± 10.7 years. Eyes in the treated group underwent a mean ± SD of 20.2 ± 7.2 injections in 21.3 ± 6.8 months. At baseline, average mean ± SD of GCL-IPL thickness was 73.71 ± 8.81 µm and 73.84 ± 8.26 µm in the treated and fellow eye, respectively ( Conclusions: GCL-IPL thickness decreased significantly in the treated group more than in the control group after 10 anti-VEGF injections. The mechanism and clinical significance of this observation warrants further study.

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age-related macular degenerationanti-VEGFganglion cell layer–inner plexiform layerglaucomaintravitreal injections

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PMID37008665
PMCPMC9976006
OpenAlexW3177805659

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