Bilateral Retinal Detachments After Intravitreal Injection of Adipose-Derived 'Stem Cells' in a Patient With Exudative Macular Degeneration.
Saraf SS., Cunningham MA., Kuriyan AE., Read SP., Rosenfeld PJ., Flynn HW.
Prospective Study, published in Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina (2017) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.
Early human evidence such as case series or small samples is exploring possible benefits.
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- Study type
- Prospective Study
- Journal
- Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina (2017)
- Country
- United States
- Reported sample size
- —
- Source database
- PubMed
- PMID
- 28902341
- DOI
- 10.3928/23258160-20170829-16
- Citations
- 36
Abstract (original English)
A 77-year-old woman with exudative macular degeneration underwent bilateral intravitreal injections of "stem cells" at a clinic in Georgia. One month and 3 months after injection, she developed retinal detachments in the left and right eyes, respectively. Increased awareness within the medical community of such poor outcomes is critical so that clinics offering untested practices that have been shown to be potentially harmful to patients can be identified and brought under U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017;48:772-775.].
What this study does not prove
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Evidence level
Early human evidence such as case series or small samples is exploring possible benefits.
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