Recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children

Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) is usually performed intravenously through injection of sodium fluorescein dye. This procedure is difficult to perform in children and patients who are afraid of intravenous needles. Oral FFA can serve as a useful alternative to intravenous FFA in many cases and...

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Autores principales: Mohan, Sashwanthi, Raman, Rajiv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Surgical Technique
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9940518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36453360
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1220_22
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description Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) is usually performed intravenously through injection of sodium fluorescein dye. This procedure is difficult to perform in children and patients who are afraid of intravenous needles. Oral FFA can serve as a useful alternative to intravenous FFA in many cases and gives reliable results. We describe the recommended protocol and technique for doing oral FFA in adults and children.
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spelling pubmed-99405182023-02-21 Recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children Mohan, Sashwanthi Raman, Rajiv Indian J Ophthalmol Surgical Technique Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) is usually performed intravenously through injection of sodium fluorescein dye. This procedure is difficult to perform in children and patients who are afraid of intravenous needles. Oral FFA can serve as a useful alternative to intravenous FFA in many cases and gives reliable results. We describe the recommended protocol and technique for doing oral FFA in adults and children. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-12 2022-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9940518/ /pubmed/36453360 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1220_22 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children
title_full Recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children
title_fullStr Recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children
title_full_unstemmed Recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children
title_short Recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children
title_sort recommended protocol and technique for doing oral fundus fluorescein angiography for adults and children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9940518/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1220_22
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