Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injection technique for recurrent exudative macular degeneration in a telescope-implanted eye

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2014 Fall;8(4):342-4. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000065.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the management of a patient with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and an implantable miniature telescope.

Methods: Clinical case report.

Results: The patient developed recurrent choroidal neovascularization after telescope implantation and was successfully managed with a series of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections and serial ocular coherence tomography through the telescope.

Conclusion: Intravitreal injections can be safely performed in an eye with a telescope using standard ocular coherence tomography imaging and taking into consideration the unique geometric dimensions of the telescope.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage*
  • Bevacizumab
  • Choroidal Neovascularization / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intravitreal Injections / methods*
  • Lenses*
  • Prostheses and Implants*
  • Recurrence
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Wet Macular Degeneration / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Bevacizumab