Causes of Treatment Discontinuation in Retinal Diseases Treated with Intravitreal Injections
The most common reason for treatment discontinuation was the poor prognosis, which related to the nature of macular diseases. Advanced age, higher number of injections, pro re nata protocol and reduced visual acuity during therapy were identified as factors that affected patient non-persistence to treatment.
Authors
- Cristian Munteanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3728-9958)
- Yaser Abu Dail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8642-0222)
- Wissam Al-Jundi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7165-4699)
- Alaa Din Abdin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-7277)
- Isabel Weinstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1590-4868)
- Berthold Seitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-8204)
- Nicolas Barakat
Institutions
- Saarland University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2679-9763
- Primary Topic
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00