Dexamethasone Injection May Speed IOP Drop in Angle-Closure Glaucoma
05/17/2019
In acute primary angle closure (APAC), subconjunctival dexamethasone injection helps high IOP drop more quickly and improves treatment success rate, researchers in China report, according to a Reuters report.
“The anti-inflammatory treatment of combined subconjunctival injection of dexamethasone for APAC eyes has significant clinical importance,” they write in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, online April 18.
Dr. Xiulan Zhang and colleagues at Sun Yat-Sen University Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center in Guangzhou recruited 42 patients with APAC for their randomized controlled trial.