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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2023

Effect of Repeated Intravitreal Injections in Glaucoma Spectrum Diseases.

Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado, Vera Correia, Ana Margarida Ferreira, Flávio Alves, António Benevides Melo, Sérgio Estrela-Silva, Joana Araújo, João Tavares-Ferreira, Marta Silva, Amândio Rocha-Sousa and 2 more

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rodrigo Vilares-MorgadoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3325-2194
Vera CorreiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ana Margarida FerreiraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Flávio AlvesDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
António Benevides MeloDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Sérgio Estrela-SilvaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7415-813X
Joana AraújoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
João Tavares-FerreiraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5283-2939
Marta SilvaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Amândio Rocha-SousaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Angela CarneiroDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
João Barbosa-BredaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7816-816X
Universidade do Porto · PTHospital de São João · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate whether repeated intravitreal injections (IVI) with an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agent are associated with glaucomatous progression in eyes with glaucoma spectrum diseases (GSD). Methods: Single-center, retrospective, longitudinal study of patients with bilateral and similar GSD who: (1) received ≥8 IVI in only one eye during the study period; (2) had ≥2 retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL) measurements obtained by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) at least 12 months apart. The primary outcome was the absolute RNFL thickness change, comparing injected and fellow uninjected eyes. Linear mixed effects models were constructed, including a multivariable model. Results: Sixty-eight eyes from 34 patients were included, 34 injected and 34 fellow uninjected eyes. Average baseline age was 67.68±21.77 years with a follow-up of 3.66±1.89 years and 25.12±14.49 IVI. RNFL thickness decreased significantly from 80.92±15.78 to 77.20±17.35 μm ( Conclusion: Repeated IVI do not seem to accelerate glaucomatous progression. Future studies with a longer follow-up are needed.

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glaucomaintravitreal injectionsoptical coherence tomographyprogressionretinal nerve fiber layer thickness

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PMID38026596
PMCPMC10676727
OpenAlexW4388879479

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