Macular Hole Formation After Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
| Title: | Macular Hole Formation After Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
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| Authors: | Mukherjee, Chandoshi; Mitra, Arijit; Kumar, N. Ajith; Elsherbiny, Samer; Lip, Peck Lin |
| Source: | The Open Ophthalmology Journal ; volume 9, issue 1, page 177-180 ; ISSN 1874-3641 |
| Publisher Information: | Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Description: | Ranibizumab is a monoclonal antibody fragment that inhibits angiogenesis by inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor A, used as a treatment for patients with wet aged-related macular degeneration (ARMD). Adverse effects from intravitreal Ranibizumab injections are well recognised. Macular hole formation following Ranibizumab injection is a complication that has been recently reported in few case reports. We present a larger case series of five patients, who developed full thickness macular holes (FTMH) after intravitreal Ranibizumab injections for treatment of wet ARMD that we were aware of between 2009 and 2013. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1874364101509010177 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.2174/1874364101509010177; https://openophthalmologyjournal.com/contents/volumes/V9/TOOPHTJ-9-177/TOOPHTJ-9-177.pdf; https://openophthalmologyjournal.com/contents/volumes/V9/TOOPHTJ-9-177/TOOPHTJ-9-177.xml |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.D7949B7A |
| Database: | BASE |