Description

Intravitreal injections are used to administer drugs in the eye to treat eye diseases and protect vision. Through an injection, the appropriate medication is introduced into the vitreous cavity, a space located at the back of the eye, behind the lens. Injecting these medications directly into the vitreous cavity can treat certain eye diseases and protect vision. Some of the diseases that most frequently require intravitreal injections are: AMD (age-related macular degeneration), a degenerative disease that affects the central area of the retina (macula) and causes loss of central vision. Choroidal neovascular membrane secondary to several retinal diseases (e.g., high myopia, central serous choroidopathy, etc.) Macular edema (thickening of the macula), the most frequent are the following: Infections inside the eye (endophthalmitis) Swelling inside the eye (uveitis). The injections are administered in an operating theatre under topical anaesthesia. Before proceeding, the eye and eyelids are disinfected, under aseptic conditions. It is a usually fast and painless procedure, and causes little discomfort in the postoperative period.

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