KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Cataract surgery should be performed midway between any anti-VEGF injections a patient may be receiving, Steve Charles, MD, said at Kiawah Eye and Retina.
“I’ve heard people say … ‘Just for your convenience, we’ll do the injection while you’re in the OR, having cataract surgery,’” Charles said during his presentation.
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“It is absolutely incorrect to inject the day before or during cataract surgery or the day after,” he told Healio.
If a patient develops a condition such as toxic anterior segment syndrome or vasculitis postoperatively, there is no way to know if it
— Curated from external eye-care sources for opthametry.com readers.
📰 Original Source: Healio Optometry
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