Doutorado em Ciências da Saúde (FM)
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Item BEVACIZUMABE INTRA-VÍTREO: ANÁLISE DA TOXICIDADE RETINIANA APÓS 3 MESES EM OLHOS DE COELHOS NÃO ALBINOS(Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2009-06-19) ARRAES, João Carlos Diniz; ÁVILA, Marcos Pereira de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3335187297522447Antiangiogenesis therapy has become a first-line treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Bevacizumab has proven to be efficient and cost effective, however its use in AMD is still off-label. PURPOSES: Evaluating the histological toxicity of bevacizumab on the neurosensorial retina (NSR) and the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) in pigmented rabbit eyes; evaluating if a fast increase in vitreous volume after a 0.1 ml balanced saline solution (BSS) intravitreal injection (IVI) in a rabbit eye will lead to histological damages in the NSR and RPE; and evaluating postoperative clinical complications after an IVI in rabbits eyes. METHODS: Eighteen pigmented rabbits (36 eyes) were divided into 4 groups a Control Group (3 rabbits - 6 eyes), which did not receive any IVI; the rabbits were sacrificed at the beginning of the study. Thirty eyes of the fifteen remaining rabbits were distributed to three groups: a sham group (S), that received a 0.1 ml balanced saline solution (BSS) IVI (ten eyes); group 1, that received a 1.25 mg (0.1 ml) bevacizumab IVI (ten eyes); and group 2, that received a 2.5 mg (0.1 ml) bevacizumab IVI (ten eyes). Postoperative clinical evaluation included inspection of the anterior segment and indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy. The rabbits were sacrificed 90 days after the procedure and both eyes of all the rabbits were enucleated. Histological examination of the NSR and RPE were performed and their morphological features and layer thickness were analyzed. RESULTS: No significant postoperative clinical complications were observed either in the neurossensorial retina or in the RPE. Histological morphology and thickness of the NSR and RPE layers did not differ significantly between BBS-injected eyes and bevacizumab-injected eyes. CONCLUSIONS: A rapid increase in vitreous volume, after 0.1 ml BSS IVI did not lead to any histological damage in the NSR and RPE in rabbit eyes. After a 90-day follow-up period, a single Bevacizumab 1.25 and 2.5 mg intravitreal injection did not lead any toxic damage in the NSR and RPE. No important postoperative complications in pigmented rabbit eyes were observed and it appears to be a safe procedure for the treatment of retinal neovascular diseases