PURPOSE: To compare the regimen of the ganciclovir implant plus oral ganciclovir to one of intravenous cidofovir for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis. METHODS: Sixty-one patients with acquired immunodeficien...
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PURPOSE: To compare the regimen of the ganciclovir implant plus oral ganciclovir to one of intravenous cidofovir for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis. METHODS: Sixty-one patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus retinitis were randomized either to the regimen of the ganciclovir implant plus oral ganciclovir, 1 gm three times daily, or intravenous cidofovir, 5 mg/kg once weekly for two doses, followed by 5 mg/kg every other week. RESULTS: Mortality was similar between the two treatment groups. Mortality rates were 0.41 per person-year in patients assigned to the ganciclovir regimen and 0.49 per person-year in patients assigned to cidofovir (P = .59). Ocular outcomes were similar between the two groups. Retinitis progression occurred at a rate of 0.67 per person-year in the ganciclovir group and 0.71 per person-year in the cidofovir group (P = .72), A loss of visual acuity of 15 letters or more occurred at a rate of 0.78 per person-year in the ganciclovir group and 0.47 per person-year in the cidofovir group (P = .28). The rate of loss of visual field was 7 degrees per month in the ganciclovir group and 2 degrees per month in the cidofovir group (P = .048). Vitreous hemorrhage was more common in the ganciclovir implant group (0.13 per person year) than in the cidofovir group (no cases, P = .014), whereas uveitis appeared to be more common in the cidofovir group (0.35 per person-year) than in the ganciclovir group (0.09 per person-year, P = .066). Nephrotoxicity (serum creatinine 1.6 mg/dL or greater) occurred at a rate of 0.18 per person-year in the ganciclovir group and 0.48 per person-year in the cidofovir group (P = .10). CONCLUSIONS: Although the small number of patients in this study limits definitive interpretation, these data suggest that in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, the regimens of the ganciclovir implant plus oral ganciclovir and of intravenous cidofovir are similar for controlling cytomegalovirus re
PURPOSE: To report the immediate complication of dense vitreous hemorrhage after intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator and gas for treatment of two cases of sudden submacular hemorrhage associated wit...
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PURPOSE: To report the immediate complication of dense vitreous hemorrhage after intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator and gas for treatment of two cases of sudden submacular hemorrhage associated with retinal arterial macroaneurysm METHODS: Case reports, RESULTS: Two patients, a 67 year-old woman and a 92-year-old man, presented with sudden vision loss related to submacular hemorrhage from a retinal macroaneurysm. Tissue plasminogen activator at a dose of 50 mu g to 75 mu g and a sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas bubble were injected intravitreally under local anesthesia. Dense vitreous hemorrhage was noted on the first postoperative day in both cases, which subsequently required pars plana vitrectomy removal. CONCLUSION: Sudden severe vitreous hemorrhage may be an immediate complication after intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator and gas for treatment of submacular hemorrhage associated with retinal arterial macroaneurysm. (Am J Ophthalmol 2000;129: 546-547. (C) 2000 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.).
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