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      Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Filtering Surgery

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          Background: It was the aim of this study to report on the intravitreal use of bevacizumab as antiproliferative agent in combination with filtering surgery. Methods: The clinical interventional case series study included 2 patients (2 eyes) who underwent standard antiglaucomatous penetrating filtering surgery combined with an intravitreal application of 1.5 mg bevacizumab. The intraocular pressure was elevated due to an intravitreal triamcinolone injection as treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration (patient No. 1) or due to neovascular glaucoma (patient No. 2) after an ischemic retinal branch vein occlusion. Results: At 4 and 12 weeks after surgery, intraocular pressure was reduced in both patients to 10 and 14 mm Hg with functioning filtering blebs. Conclusions: Intravitreal bevacizumab may potentially be helpful as addition to antiglaucomatous filtering surgery, particularly in neovascular glaucoma.

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          INTRAVITREAL BEVACIZUMAB (AVASTIN) TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY COMPLICATED BY VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE

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            Intracameral bevacizumab for iris rubeosis.

            To determine whether intracameral bevacizumab decreases vascular leakage from iris rubeosis in patients with neovascular glaucoma. Interventional case series. The study included six eyes of three patients with secondary neovascular glaucoma due to proliferative diabetic retinopathy (n = 2) or ischemic central retinal vein occlusion (n = 1). All patients received an intracameral injection of 1.0 mg bevacizumab. Morphologic changes and vascular leakage were investigated prospectively by iris fluorescein angiography. Decrease in leakage was detected as early as one day after injection. No inflammation was observed. No relapse was seen within the follow-up of four weeks. Intraocular injection of bevacizumab may provide an additional strategy for the treatment of iris rubeosis in neovascular glaucoma.
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              Regression of iris neovascularization after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

              To assess the short-term safety and efficacy of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab for iris neovascularization (INV). Noncomparative, interventional case series. Intravitreal bevacizumab was injected in seven eyes of five patients with INV that was associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). The main outcome measurements were visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), and regression of INV by fluorescein angiography before and one week, one month, and two months after injection. Regression of INV was confirmed in all eyes (100%) from one week after injection. Repeated injections stabilized the recurrence (two eyes; 29%) that was observed two months after the initial injection. The visual acuity remained stable or improved, and the intraocular pressure was controlled in six eyes (86%) throughout the follow-up period. No inflammation or complications were observed. Intravitreal injection of bevacizumab may be an effective and safe alternative for patients with INV that is refractory to conventional treatments.
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                Journal
                ORE
                Ophthalmic Res
                10.1159/issn.0030-3747
                Ophthalmic Research
                S. Karger AG
                0030-3747
                1423-0259
                2007
                March 2007
                02 February 2007
                : 39
                : 2
                : 121-122
                Affiliations
                Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
                Article
                99248 Ophthalmic Res 2007;39:121–122
                10.1159/000099248
                17284939
                d25d415f-b6ca-4f3d-a750-ca299990bede
                © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel

                Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, microcopying, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Drug Dosage: The authors and the publisher have exerted every effort to ensure that drug selection and dosage set forth in this text are in accord with current recommendations and practice at the time of publication. However, in view of ongoing research, changes in government regulations, and the constant flow of information relating to drug therapy and drug reactions, the reader is urged to check the package insert for each drug for any changes in indications and dosage and for added warnings and precautions. This is particularly important when the recommended agent is a new and/or infrequently employed drug. Disclaimer: The statements, opinions and data contained in this publication are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publishers and the editor(s). The appearance of advertisements or/and product references in the publication is not a warranty, endorsement, or approval of the products or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements.

                History
                : 17 October 2006
                : 18 November 2006
                Page count
                References: 7, Pages: 2
                Categories
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                Vision sciences,Ophthalmology & Optometry,Pathology
                Avastin,Iris neovascularization,Intravitreal bevacizumab,Ischemic retinopathy,Intraocular antiangiogenesis,Neovascular glaucoma,Exudative age-related macular degeneration

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