Anti‐ <scp>VEGF</scp> monotherapy versus anti‐ <scp>VEGF</scp> therapy combined with laser or intravitreal glucocorticoid therapy for diabetic macular edema: A Bayesian network meta‐analysis
Anti-VEGF monotherapy and anti-VEGF therapy combined with laser or intravitreal glucocorticoid therapy exerted comparable effects. However, the ranking chart recommends anti-VEGF therapy combined with laser therapy. Meanwhile, anti-VEGF therapy combined with intravitreal glucocorticoid therapy did not demonstrate significant benefits.
Authors
- Yang Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-8088)
- Xiaofei Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-6774)
- Zheyi Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4304-9387)
- Lijuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1727-2670)
- Xiaoxia Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7031-9260)
- Xiaoming Cao
- Zengyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5333-9911)
- Xinyu Zai
Institutions
- Shanxi Medical University (CN)
- First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (CN)
- Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.16270
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.41
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China