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. 2013 Jul 15:5:11-5.
doi: 10.4137/OED.S12352. Print 2013.

Effect of Bevacizumab Injection before Vitrectomy on Intravitreal Hemorrhage in Pseudophakic Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Mehmet Demir  1 , Ersin Oba, Efe Can, Orhan Kara, Sonmez Cinar
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Effect of Bevacizumab Injection before Vitrectomy on Intravitreal Hemorrhage in Pseudophakic Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Mehmet Demir et al. Ophthalmol Eye Dis. .

Abstract

We evaluated the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection before pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) on intravitreal hemorrhage (VH) during and after vitrectomy for postoperative the first day and the first month in pseudophakic patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). This retrospective study was performed on 44 eyes of 44 patients who underwent vitrectomy for PDR. Patients were divided into PPV (n = 22 eyes) and PPV + IVB (n = 22 eyes) groups. Injection of bevacizumab (1.25 mg/0.05 mL) was performed 3 days before vitrectomy. Outcomes of visual acuity as well as intraoperative and postoperative VH were compared between the two groups. One month after surgery, visual acuity improved in PPV and PPV + IVB groups (P = 0.005, P = 0.006), respectively. There was no difference between the two groups in best corrected visual acuity at baseline and after vitrectomy (P = 0.71). Intraoperative bleeding into the vitreous was recorded in 14 (63.6%) cases in the PPV group and in 7 (31.8%) cases in the PPV + IVB group. The first month, intravitreal hemorrhage was recorded in six patients in the PPV group and in two patients in the PPV + IVB group (P = 0.03). The mean pre-postoperative central macular thickness was similar in both groups. Intravitreal injection of IVB before vitrectomy decreased the rate of VH at the time of surgery and at the first postoperative month in patients with PDR.

Keywords: intravitreal bevacizumab; intravitreal hemorrhage; proliferative diabetic retinopathy; vitrectomy.

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