PURPOSE To evaluate the midterm anatomical and functional outcomes of intravitreal injection of low-dose triamcinolone acetonide in silicone oil-filled eyes as an adjunctive treatment for proliferative vitreoretinopathy. METHODS This is a retrospective interventional case series. Patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy grade C or D received pars plana vitrectomy combined with silicone o...

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide on macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Design: A prospective noncomparative interventional case series. Patients & Methods: Fourteen eyes of 14 patients with macular edema associated with BRVO were enrolled. In all patients after thorough ophthalmic examination, 4 mg triamci...

The binding nature of mibolerone in cytosols and nuclear extracts from hypertrophic human prostate was examined in comparison with that of R 1881. The binding of mibolerone in the cytosol and nuclear extract was single and of high affinity when evaluated by the method of Scatchard (1949). Binding of mibolerone with testosterone-binding globulin was not detected. The sedimentation coefficients o...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of subcutaneous extralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection versus conservative treatment for chalazion. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Eye clinics of two regional hospitals in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Patients over 18 years old presenting with primary chalazion were randomised into two groups. In group 1, 12 patients were treated with lid hyg...

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide on visual acuity and macular thickness using optical coherence tomography in macular edema associated with nonischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Design: A prospective interventional case series. Patients & Methods: Twenty eyes of 25 patients with nonischemic CRVO and macular edema with visual acuity of l...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the ability of high resolution grey scale sonography (GSS) and power Doppler sonography (PDS) to assess short term soft tissue changes induced by intra-articular steroid injection in the small joints of patients with chronic synovitis. METHODS 20 patients with clinically active synovitis of a small joint unresponsive to systemic drug treatment underwent a sonographic ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the effects of injection site on the reflux after intravitreal injection. METHODS One hundred and eighty eyes undergoing intravitreal injection including 0.1 ml of triamcinolone acetonide or bevacizumab or pegaptanib were divided to six groups (30 patients in each group) to compare the vitreal reflux after injection using superotemporal versus infero...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical outcome of an intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide as treatment of diffuse diabetic macular edema. PARTICIPANTS This prospective, interventional, clinical case series study included 20 patients (26 eyes) who received an intravitreal injection of 25 mg of triamcinolone acetonide for treatment of diffuse diabetic macular edema. Mean +/- SD follow-...

PURPOSE To evaluate treatment of macular edema associated with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) using intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide. METHODS Retrospective review of data for 29 eyes of 29 patients with CRVO and macular edema treated with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide. Initial visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and history of glaucoma were recorded. Final visual acuity, in...

Purpose: To evaluate the inflammatory response in the choroid, retina and vitreous in rabbit eyes underwent cryotherapy followed by intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide and to compare with those underwent cryotherapy followed by intravitreal injection of saline solution. Methods: This is a prospective case-control study. Surgical procedures were performed in eleven rabbits. Two animals were exc...