Veritti Daniele, Sarao Valentina, Galiazzo Francesco, Lanzetta Paolo
Department of Medicine-Ophthalmology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Ophthalmologica. 2017;238(1-2):100-105. doi: 10.1159/000475889. Epub 2017 May 31.
To evaluate the early effects of dexamethasone implant in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME).
Eyes with DME were prospectively included in the study. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measurement, complete ophthalmic evaluation, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography were performed at baseline and 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 60, and 90 days after treatment.
Twenty-three eyes of 20 patients were included in the study. Mean central retinal thickness (CRT) decreased rapidly after treatment (p < 0.0001, repeated measures ANOVA) from 511 μm at baseline to 469 μm after 1 day (p < 0.05), and 275 μm (p < 0.01) at the end of the follow-up. BCVA gain (p < 0.0001, repeated measures ANOVA) was on average +2 ETDRS letters at day 1 (not significant), +9 letters from day 28 to day 90 (p < 0.01).
Intravitreal dexamethasone implant showed an early and fast effect in reducing CRT and improving BCVA in DME patients.
评估地塞米松植入物对糖尿病性黄斑水肿(DME)患者的早期疗效。
前瞻性纳入患有DME的眼睛进行研究。在治疗前及治疗后1、2、3、7、14、21、28、60和90天进行最佳矫正视力(BCVA)测量、全面眼科评估和频域光学相干断层扫描。
20例患者的23只眼睛纳入研究。治疗后平均中央视网膜厚度(CRT)迅速下降(p<0.0001,重复测量方差分析),从基线时的511μm降至1天后的469μm(p<0.05),随访结束时降至275μm(p<0.01)。BCVA提高(p<0.0001,重复测量方差分析),第1天平均提高+2个ETDRS字母(无统计学意义),从第28天到第90天提高+9个字母(p<0.01)。
玻璃体内注射地塞米松植入物在降低DME患者的CRT和改善BCVA方面显示出早期快速疗效。