| Autor: |
Reis A; Reis Medical Institution, Principality of Liechtenstein, Germany. reis@augenwerk.li, Birnbaum F, Hansen LL, Reinhard T |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of cataract and refractive surgery [J Cataract Refract Surg] 2005 Jul; Vol. 31 (7), pp. 1437-40. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.12.067 |
| Abstrakt: |
Two patients had uneventful phacoemulsification. After initial improvement, vision deteriorated because of cystoid macular edema (CME). In 1 patient, treatment with systemic nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs showed significant improvement in visual acuity but had to be discontinued because of side effects and a relapse of the disease. In the other patient, this therapy was not sufficient. Both patients were given valdecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor. The new therapy was tolerated well and led to significant and stable improvement in visual acuity in both patients. To our knowledge, this is the first report of using a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor in the treatment of clinically significant CME. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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