Topical anesthesia for intravitreal injection
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Comparison of topical and subconjunctival anesthesia in intravitreal injection administrations.
PURPOSE To compare the effectiveness of topical and subconjunctival anesthesia in intravitreal injection administrations. METHODS Twenty-eight patients from a university clinic with bilateral diabetic macular edema were prospectively randomized to receive intravitreal injection of 4 mg triamcinolone under topical anesthesia for one eye and subconjunctival anesthesia for the other eye by using...
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1742-5247,1744-7593
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2012.685156