Oral propranolol and intravitreal ranibizumab for refractory serous macular detachment secondary to retinal capillary hemangioblastoma

Local safety of repeated intravitreal Ozurdex

Sir, The article entitled ‘Twelve-month experience with Ozurdex for the treatment of macular edema associated with retinal vein occlusion'1 highlights the significant cataract progression in eyes receiving more than one Ozurdex implant. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all patients with macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO) refractory to current therapies and treated with Ozurdex from April 2010 until March 2012. The mean age of patients with branch RVO (n=33) was 72.4. In eyes receiving a second Ozurdex implant, four out of the five phakic eyes showed progression of cataract requiring surgery. We registered one case of anterior chamber migration resulting in a bu…

Propranolol e inyecciones intravítreas de ranibizumab en el desprendimiento seroso macular secundario a hemangioblastoma retiniano capilar