PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of intralesional bevacizumab injection in decreasing size of pterygium. METHODS Seventeen patients with pterygium (14 with primary and 3 with recurrent pterygium) received intralesional injections of bevacizumab (2.5 mg/0.1 mL). Digital photographs were analyzed by image analysis software to determine the change of corneal involvement as a percentage of the to...

Local anesthetics are commonly utilized in the practice of dermatology. Minimizing local anesthetic injection pain can be beneficial to both physicians and patients. Easily implemented techniques that reduce injection pain of intralesional local anesthetics are reviewed.

introduction: knee osteoarthrosis is one of the most debilitating diseases. prolotherapy includes intraarticular injection of various drugs to decrease inflammation. injection of intradiscal o2-o3 has reduced pain and disability of patients with low back pain due to prolapsed lumbar disk. objective: to compare the effect of intraarticular injection of ozone and steroids in improvement of clinic...

Background/Aim : Cystic hygroma is a congenital malformation of lymphatic system. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice and sclerosing agent injection into the cysts is an alternative one. The aim of this study was to review results of the treatment of cystic hygroma with intralesional bleomycin injection in a 16 year period at a tertiary hospital for pediatric patients in Thailand. Mate...

Tuen Mun Social Hygiene Clinic, 5/F Tuen Mun Eye Centre, 4 Tuen Lee Street, Tuen Mun, N.T., Hong Kong Treatment of keloids is difficult and the response to first line treatment including silicone gel sheet, compression, topical and intralesional steroid are variable. Intralesional cryosurgery (ILC) may be useful for treating some earlobe keloids not responsive to these first line treatments. IL...

Background: In spite of different methods of treatment, there is not a simple, safe and complete curative treatment for cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL), yet. Objective: To compare the efficacy of intralesional Glucantime injection alone, with the combined triple therapy of cryotherapy, paramomycin ointment and intralesional Glucantime in the treatment of CL. Materials and methods: 157 patien...

Esophageal or gastric injuries secondary to caustic substance ingestion is still an important issue in developing countries. Its clinical spectrum can vary from absence of mucosal injury to complications such as severe burns, strictures and perforation. Physical examination and first endoscopic evaluation are very important in the diagnosis. The objective of this study is to present 154 childre...