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Periocular corticosteroid injections treat uveitis in most patients
Most patients with uveitis who received at least one periocular depot corticosteroid injection during follow-up benefited from the therapy, including an improvement in reduced visual acuity attributed to macular edema, a study found.“Local treatment strategies are frequently used in the management of uveitis, often as an adjunct to systemic treatment in severe cases,” lead author H. Nida Sen, MD, MHSc, director of the Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship Program at the National Eye Institute, said. Such local strategies have the advantage “of sparing patients from systemic side effects, but there (Read more...)