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标题：Relationship between Pain and Injection Site during Intravitreal Injection
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作者：Jeong, Kyeong Do ; Kim, Jung Hoon ; Kim, Jae Suk 等
期刊名称：Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
印刷版ISSN：0378-6471
出版年度：2016
卷号：57
期号：6
页码：930-934
DOI：10.3341/jkos.2016.57.6.930
语种：Korean
出版社：The Korean Ophthalmological Society
摘要：Purpose
Using a visual analogue scale, patients pain was compared according to injection site during intravitreal injection.
Methods
A prospective, clinical trial was conducted on 171 eyes of patients experiencing age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, or central serous chorioretinopathy. After determining the anatomic quadrant of the injection site, patients were randomized to receive intravitreal bevacizumab, aflibercept, ranibizumab, or dexamethasone injection. Fifteen minutes after the injection, patients completed a survey about pain using a visual analogue scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (unbearable pain).
Results
According to the visual analogue scale, pain score was 3.20 at the superotemporal site, 3.03 at the superonasal site, and 2.35 at the inferonasal site. Pain was lowest when injected in an inferotemporal site ( p = 0.012).
Conclusions
Intravitreal injection at an inferotemporal site can help reduce patient pain.
关键词：Intravitreal injection; Pain measurement; Visual analogue scale