STEROID IMPLANTS TO TREAT MELANOMA ASSOCIATED RETINOPATHY

Source: Optometry Today, May 2019

Scientists from the University of Surrey and Royal Surrey County Hospital have reported on a new approach to treating melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR) in JAMA Ophthalmology.

With the support of Moorfields Eye Hospital’s electrophysiology department, the researchers investigated whether long acting steroid implants could improve vision in a 73-year-old patient with MAR.

Improvements in the vision of the patient were observed one week after treatment commenced.

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