Intravitreal injections 23/03/2013
The intravitreal injection of different drugs is a procedure used to treat a range of ocular pathologies.
This technique consists of applying the drug via an injection into the eye. This is not a painful procedure for patients and allows different visual disorders to be treated, principally exudative age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and vascular problems of the retina, among others.
Related pathologies
· Central serous choroidopathy
· Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Related procedures
· Optical coherence tomography
Author
Dr. Jordi Monés, M.D., Ph.D.
COMB Medical license number: 22.838
Director
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery
Specialist in Ophthalmology
Specialist in Retina, Macula and Vitreorretinal
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