Fractured dexamethasone implant (OZURDEX®) following intravitreal injection

Saud M Aljohani; Abdulaziz M Al-Shehri; Khalid R Al-Rubaie

doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_31_21

Fractured dexamethasone implant (OZURDEX®) following intravitreal injection

Oman J Ophthalmol. 2021 Oct 20;14(3):201-202. doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_31_21. eCollection 2021 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Saud M Aljohani^{1

2}, Abdulaziz M Al-Shehri^{1

3}, Khalid R Al-Rubaie¹

Affiliations

¹ Vitreoretinal Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Ophthalmology Department, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal university, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
³ Ophthalmology Department, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex™) is a relatively safe medication with few adverse events can happen. We demonstrate clinical course and images of a rare case of fractured intravitreal Ozurdex™ implant that observed immediately following injection and its final outcome.

Keywords: Intravitreal injection; macular edema; ozurdex.