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What alternative treatment strategies can be considered for pediatric patients with idiopathic choroidal neovascularization (CNVM) who require q4 week intravitreal anti-VEGF injections?

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Ophthalmology · Bascom Palmer Institute

My experience in children with CNVM is that they do not need continuous injections. Always add an STK at the time of intravitreal injections. AND most importantly, many kids will let you inject them awake just like adults. Something that needs to be discussed with the patients themselves. If a kid s...

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