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The efficacy of intravitreal anti-VEGF injection for retinal neovascularization of diabetic retinopathy |
HUANG Ying, SUN Zuhua, ZHOU Rong, LI Yingzi, LIU Xiaoling, LIN Bing |
Department of Retina, the Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China |
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HUANG Ying,SUN Zuhua,ZHOU Rong, et al. The efficacy of intravitreal anti-VEGF injection for retinal neovascularization of diabetic retinopathy[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2019, 49(7): 482-486.
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Abstract Objective: To investigate the efficacy of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) intravitreal injection for retinal neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients. Methods: In this retrospective study, DR patients who took fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) examination from January 1, 2016 to April 28, 2018 at the Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University were reviewed. Inclusion criteria were as follows: ①patients with retinal neovascularization based on baseline FFA; ②Patients who only accepted anti-VEGF treatment, at least once; ③Patients who took FFA examinations again after all anti-VEGF treatments within 3 months. For the sake of analysis, the interval between the first and last anti-VEGF treatment was recorded as the duration of anti-VEGF treatment (it was zero when only one anti-VEGF treatment was given). And ‘untreatment period’ was the time between the last anti-VEGF treatment and the following FFA. Results: 20 patients (10 males and 10 females), 24 eyes were studied, with the average age being (53.9±12.8) years old. The mean number of anti-VEGF treatments was 2.5(1, 3), and the median total duration of anti-VEGF treatments was 62.0 (0, 76.8) days. The median untreatment period was 48.5 (30.0, 64.8) days. Through FFA, 15 eyes (62.5%) recovered from retinal neovascularization completely after anti-VEGF treatment, whereas the other 9 eyes (37.5%) recovered from retinal neovascularization partly and without new retinal neovascularization. The prolongation of untreatment period was a risk factor for neovascularization (OR=1.089, 95%CI=1.018-1.166, P=0.014). Four eyes had the median prolonged un-treatment period of 177.0 (90.5, 234.3) days, and recurrence of neovascularization was observed. Conclusion: Intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF is effective in control of retinal neovascularization of DR. Retinal neovascularization may recur, and thus repeated treatment is required.
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Received: 22 June 2018
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