EFFECT OF INDOMETHACIN PRETREATMENT ON APHAKIC CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA

被引:51
作者
KLEIN, RM [1 ]
KATZIN, HM [1 ]
YANNUZZI, LA [1 ]
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[1] MANHATTAN EYE EAR & THROAT HOSP,NEW YORK,NY 10021
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10.1016/0002-9394(79)90235-6
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R77 [眼科学];
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100212 ;
摘要
In patients treated with oral indomethacin for four weeks after intracapsular cataract extraction, five of 57 eyes (9%) had cystoid macular edema four to six weeks postoperatively as shown by fluorescein angiography. In a control group not treated with indomethacin, 15 of 34 eyes (44%) had cystoid macular edema. Oral indomethacin, therefore, caused a statistically significant decrease in the incidence of aphakic cystoid macular edema. © 1979.
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