Episode 33: Journal Club Discussion of Dexamethasone for PVR and Ranibizumab versus PRP for PDR

Drs. Daniel Chao of University of California-San Diego, M. Ali Khan of University of California-Los Angeles, Ajay Kuriyan of University of Rochester, and Yasha Modi of New York University join the show for a group journal club discussion of two recent publications in Ophthalmology. The first publication reports the results of a randomized prospective clinical trial assessing the efficacy of intravitreal dexamethasone in improving outcomes in eyes with retinal detachment and advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy (link). The second publication reports the efficacy of ranibizumab and pan retinal laser photocoagulation in reducing progression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (link).

Outline

02:10 Dexamethasone for PVR

30:54 Ranibizumab versus PRP for PDR