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Treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis with intraocular implants
1Ophthalmology Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
AORN Journal
|March 20, 1998
Abstract:
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis affects 20% to 40% of patients with AIDS and is the leading cause of vision loss associated with AIDS. Three treatment options currently exist (ie, IV administration of antiviral medications, intravitreal injections of ganciclovir, surgical implantation of devices that provide sustained release of ganciclovir). As patients with AIDS live longer, perioperative nurses may care for more patients with CMV retinitis who undergo implantation of these devices.