{"id":2146,"date":"2022-10-09T20:11:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T18:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/?page_id=2146"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:31:30","slug":"intravitreal-cortisone-injections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/treatments\/injection-treatment\/intravitreal-cortisone-injections\/","title":{"rendered":"Intravitreal cortisone injections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section id=\"bt_section6a9265f56469c\"  class=\"boldSection topSemiSpaced bottomSemiSpaced btDarkSkin gutter inherit\" style=\"background-color:rgb(28,76,147);\"><div class=\"port\"><div class=\"boldCell\"><div class=\"boldCellInner\"><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-2  col-sm-4 col-ms-12 btTextLeft\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-8 col-ms-12 btTextCenter animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><header class=\"header btClear extralarge btDash topDash  btAlternateDash\" ><div class=\"btSuperTitle\">Injection treatment<\/div><div class=\"dash\"><h1><span class=\"headline\">Intravitreal cortisone injections<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/header><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-2  col-sm-4 col-ms-12 btTextLeft\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"bt_section6a9265f5648d3\"  class=\"boldSection topSpaced bottomSpaced gutter inherit\" ><div class=\"port\"><div class=\"boldCell\"><div class=\"boldCellInner\"><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-6 col-sm-12 btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btClear btSeparator topSemiSpaced bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_xs bt_bb_hidden_ms bt_bb_hidden_sm\" ><hr><\/div><header class=\"header btClear large  btNormalDash\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><div class=\"btSubTitle\">Intravitreal corticosteroid drugs are an alternative to anti-VEGF drugs or can be used when these are no longer effective. Diabetic macular edema and edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion are the two most common diseases treated with these drugs. Intravitreal treatments are performed in the operating room after topical anesthesia (eye drops).<\/div><\/header><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-6 col-sm-12 btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btIconImageRow\" ><div class=\"bpgPhoto btTextCenter\" ><div class=\"btImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iniezione-cortisone.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomExtraSmallSpaced noBorder\" ><hr><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-12 col-ms-12  btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomExtraSmallSpaced noBorder\" ><hr><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator topSmallSpaced border\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2581,"parent":2143,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2146","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3384,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2146\/revisions\/3384"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}