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Wei-Cheng Huang, MD; Jane-Ming Lin, MD; Chun-Chi Chiang, MD; Yi-Yu Tsai, MD, PhD

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In the study by Bashshur and colleagues,¹ 0.1 mL of bevacizumab was injected intravitreally; paracentesis was performed only if intraocular pressure (IOP) was greater than 25 mm Hg or the optic nerve head was not adequately perfused 20 minutes after injection. They did not mention how many patients needed paracentesis. I would like to add some comments on the subject.

There are 3 articles^2-4 that discuss IOP changes following intravitreal bevacizumab and the necessity of paracentesis; however, the lack of consistency among their conclusions is controversial. Hollands et al³ suggest that clinicians should check IOP after injection or perform a preinjection paracentesis. In a study by Bakri et al,² no patients required paracentesis, but a few patients required IOP-lowering drops. Falkenstein et al⁴ reported that paracentesis is unnecessary. These studies, however, used only 0.05 mL of bevacizumab; . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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