Researchers from the University of British Columbia found that patients with age-related macular degeneration who had at least 7 eye injections per year had a heightened risk of having glaucoma surgery. The team’s findings were published this week in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Patients with wet age-related macular degeneration and diabeteic macular edema, common causes of vision loss, are often treated with intravitreous injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor. Previous work has established that these treatments improve visual outcomes for many patients.
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