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- The Efficacy Of Ranibizumab In The Treatment Of Macular Edema Second
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- Booktitle:
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The Efficacy Of Ranibizumab In The Treatment Of Macular Edema Second
Noor Publishing (2017-06-08 )
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- ISBN-13:
978-3-330-85495-6
- ISBN-10:
- 3330854952
- EAN:
- 9783330854956
- Book language:
- Blurb/Shorttext:
- Retinal vein occlusion ( RVO ) causes significant visual loss in patients with medical diseases especially systemic hypertension . Centrally involving macular edema is the main cause of loss of vision in such patients . previous treatment strategies for macular edema involve argon laser retinal photocoagulation , Radial optic neurotomy, intravitreal injections of steroids but recently the introduction of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor medications represents a breakthrough and has revolutionized the treatment of retinal vein occlusion associated macular edema in addition to the beneficial effect of suppressing the risky retinal neovascularization . Ranibizumab ( Lucentis ) is one of the most commonly used Anti-VEGF drugs in treatment of macular edema associated with retinal vein occlusion RVO whether the central type ( CRVO ) or the branch type ( BRVO ) .
- Publishing house:
- Noor Publishing
- Website:
- https://www.noor-publishing.com
- By (author) :
- Mahmoud Abdel-Radi Abdel-Salam
- Number of pages:
- 100
- Published on:
- 2017-06-08
- Stock:
- Available
- Category:
- Medicine
- Price:
- 42.91 £
- Keywords:
- RVO:Retinal Vein Occlusion, CRVO : Central Vein Occlusion, BRVO : Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
