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Dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex) monotherapy for uveitic macular edema secondary to non-infectious uveitis: a single-center retrospective cohort study

In uveitic macular edema secondary to non-infectious uveitis, Ozurdex monotherapy was associated with central retinal thickness reduction; signal is preliminary and not yet practice-changing.

318MDcentral retinal thickness at 12 months vs baselineLow-certainty estimate
Design Narrative-reviewn 21Funding Not reported
Why it matters
First single-center retrospective report of Ozurdex monotherapy outcomes in non-infectious uveitic macular edema over 12 months.
Limitations
Single-center retrospective cohort, small sample (n=21), no comparator arm.
Statistics · confidence intervals & p-values

central retinal thickness at 12 months vs baseline: MD 318 p<0.05

Source

Simaku E et al.. Dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex) monotherapy for uveitic macular edema secondary to non-infectious uveitis: a single-center retrospective cohort study. International ophthalmology. Thursday, August 27, 2026.
doi:10.1007/s10792-026-04245-xRead original ↗

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