Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
November 2013
Background And Objective: To determine whether a novel guarded 33-gauge injection device can make the intravitreal injection procedure faster and more comfortable for patients.
Patients And Methods: Single-center, prospective, randomized interventional study. Seventy participants receiving bilateral injections on the same day had one eye injected with the 33-gauge injection device without a speculum and the other eye injected with a standard 30-gauge needle using a speculum.