WAILEA, Hawaii — Appropriate local therapy can work as well as systemic therapy for treatment of uveitis, according to a speaker.
“So much of uveitis happens in the draining lymph nodes and doesn’t happen in the eye,” Thomas A. Albini, MD, said at Retina 2018, which is a reason why uveitis specialists prefer systemic therapy.
However, beyond oral steroids, there are regional treatments: topical, sub-Tenon’s, intravitreal and sustained release.
Citing a study by Feiler et al. that evaluated short-term safety and efficacy of topical difluprednate for treatment of
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