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Intravitreal versus Oral Steroids for Inflammation Control in Uveitic Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery
Muhammad Usman Jamil1, Uzma Naz2, Saliha Naz3
1Resident Ophthalmologist, Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust (LRBT) Tertiary Teaching Eye Hospital (Korangi), Karachi City, Pakistan.
Background:
This prospective experimental study was conducted on 40 eyes of 40 patients with complicated uveitic cataracts to compare a single intraoperative intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) with oral steroids for inflammation control after cataract extraction.
Methods:
The IVTA group (19 eyes) received an intravitreal injection of 4 mg/0.1 ml triamcinolone acetonide intraoperatively, and the oral steroid group (19 eyes) received oral steroids peri-operatively. Two patients had to be excluded from the study because they underwent extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE), instead of phacoemulsification.
Results:
A statistically significant difference was observed in the anterior chamber cell and flare response between both groups initially, but by the last follow-up, this became insignificant. None of the patients in each group experienced a recurrence of uveitis nor developed cystoid macular edema. Five patients in the oral steroid group had IOP >21 mmHg post-operatively.
Conclusion:
A single injection of 4 mg IVTA has similar efficacy to peri-operative oral steroid administration.
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