Injection

An oral form of the somatostatin analogue octreotide was similar to injection therapy as a long-term maintenance treatment for adults with acromegaly, according to top-line data from the MPOWERED trial.

A long-acting injection of cabotegravir given every 8 weeks was 89% more effective than oral emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in preventing HIV among cisgender women, according to data released by ViiV Healthcare.

In an open-label study, daxibotulinumtoxinA for injection demonstrated efficacy and safety outcomes in moderate or severe glabellar lines that were comparable to previous findings.

An HIV outbreak among children in Sindh, Pakistan, was associated with multiple recent injections or infusions, blood transfusion and a higher number of visits to health care facilities, according to results of a case-control study.

Researchers observed significant improvement in pain and function among patients with knee osteoarthritis who received a single injection of amniotic suspension allograft vs. patients who received a control injection of hyaluronic acid or saline.

Health Canada has approved a long-acting injectable HIV treatment that the FDA recently declined to approve.

Ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca block for hip arthroscopy is as effective at controlling postoperative pain and opioid consumption as an intra-articular injection, according to results of a published study.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Wendy W. Lee, MD, professor of clinical ophthalmology and director of Bascom Palmer Aesthetic Center at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, discusses safety and injection technique pearls from the Live Injection Workshop.

LAS VEGAS — At the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Kevin F. Lutsky, MD, discussed a study that looked at the rate of surgical site infections with the use of intraoperative corticosteroid injections in concomitant hand procedures. Lutsky said patients who underwent concomitant cortisone injections on the ipsilateral side of the surgical site had an increased risk of surgical site infections.

When comanaging cataract patients, optometrists should have an open line of communication with the surgeon; however, ODs should know what findings will dissipate over time.