The Eurasian

Original Article

Journal of Medicine

Eurasian J Med 2013; 45:185-90

Comparison of the Efficacy Between an Intravitreal and a Posterior Subtenon Injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide for the Treatment of Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema Diffüz Diyabetik Makula Ödemi Tedavisinde Triamsinolon Asetonidin ¡ntravitreal ve Posterior Subtenon Enjeksiyonlarmin Etkinliginin Kar§ila§tirilmasi Rao Muhammad Rashad Qamar, Muhammad Imran Saleem, Muhammad Farhan Saleem Departmentof Ophthalmology, B.V. Hospital, QAMC, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Abstract

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Objective:To compare the efficacy of an intravitreal injection to a posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide for the treatment of diffuse diabetic macular edema.

Amaç: Diffüz diyabetik makula ödemi tedavisinde posterior subtenon ve intravitreal triamsinolon enjeksiyonunun etkinligini kar5ila5tirmak.

Materials and Methods: Sixty patients with diabetes meilitus presenting with diffuse diabetic macular edema were recruited for the study. In each patient, one eye received a 4.0 mg (0.1 mL) intravitreal (IVT) injection of TA and the other eye was treated with a 40 mg (1.0 mL) posterior subtenon (PST) injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TA). We measured the visual acuity, the intraocular pressure (lOP) and the thicl