Resumen

MOYA CALA, Maxibel et al. Complications of intravitreal triamcinolone in patients with macular disorders secondary to neovascularization. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.5, pp. 644-651. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and retrospective study in 109 patients with macular diseases, assisted in the Ophthalmological Center of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from September, 2011 to July, 2012, to whom 4 mg of triamcinolone intravitreal (via pars plana) were administered in unique dose, in order to describe the complications presented after the treatment. Female sex (64.3%), the age group 65-84 years (49.5%) and macular degeneration associated with age (wet) as ophthalmological history (76.1%) prevailed in the case material. Among the most frequent complications there were: secondary ocular hypertension (13.7%) and cataract (11.9%)

Palabras clave : intravitreal triamcinolone; secondary macular disease; ocular hypertension; neovascularization; secondary health care.

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