Drug Implants

"Drug Implants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Small containers or pellets of a solid drug implanted in the body to achieve sustained release of the drug.

Descriptor ID	D004343
MeSH Number(s)	D26.255.210.315
Concept/Terms	Drug Implants Drug Implants Implants, Drug Pellets, Drug Pellets, Drug Drug Pellets

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Drug Implants".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Pharmaceutical Preparations [D26]
Dosage Forms [D26.255]
Delayed-Action Preparations [D26.255.210]
Drug Implants [D26.255.210.315]

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Bar chart showing 53 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	2	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	2	2
2002	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	0	4	4
2012	0	5	5
2013	0	3	3
2014	0	1	1
2015	2	4	6
2016	1	4	5
2017	2	1	3
2018	0	3	3
2019	2	0	2
2020	0	4	4
2021	0	1	1
2024	0	2	2

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Gonzales J, Acharya NR, Sugar EA, Burke AE, Vitale AT, Gupta V, Dunn JP, Lightman SL, Thorne JE, Kim RY, Yeh S, Altaweel MM, Kempen JH, Holbrook JT, Jabs DA. Macular Edema Ranibizumab versus Intravitreal Anti-inflammatory Therapy Trial: 24-Week Outcomes of Uveitic Macular Edema Re-treatment. Ophthalmology. 2025 May; 132(5):527-537.

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Tsevat D, Mercier R, Bernheimer C, Lin S, Schwartz B. Amenorrhea in adolescents using the etonogestrel contraceptive implant. Contraception. 2024 05; 133:110413.

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Peck TJ, Patel SN, Ho AC. Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: an update on recent advances. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2021 Jan; 32(1):62-68.

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Kempen JH, Van Natta ML, Friedman DS, Altaweel MM, Ansari H, Dunn JP, Elner SG, Holbrook JT, Lim LL, Sugar EA, Jabs DA. Incidence and Outcome of Uveitic Glaucoma in Eyes With Intermediate, Posterior, or Panuveitis Followed up to 10 Years After Randomization to Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant or Systemic Therapy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 11; 219:303-316.

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Kuley B, Storey PP, Pancholy M, Obeid A, Murphy J, Goodman J, Wibbelsman TD, Regillo C, Chiang A. Ocular Hypertension Following Intravitreal Injection of 0.7mg Dexamethasone Implant versus 2mg Triamcinolone. Semin Ophthalmol. 2020 Feb 17; 35(2):141-146.

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Adams OE, Schechet SA, Hariprasad SM. Discontinuous to continuous therapy for persistent diabetic macular edema leads to reduction in treatment frequency. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar; 31(2):612-619.

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Gnatienko N, Lioznov D, Raj A, Blokhina E, Rosen S, Cheng DM, Lunze K, Bendiks S, Truong V, Bushara N, Toussova O, Quinn E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Design of a randomized controlled trial to Link Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC-II) in St. Petersburg, Russia. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2020 01 13; 15(1):1.

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Campochiaro PA, Marcus DM, Awh CC, Regillo C, Adamis AP, Bantseev V, Chiang Y, Ehrlich JS, Erickson S, Hanley WD, Horvath J, Maass KF, Singh N, Tang F, Barteselli G. The Port Delivery System with Ranibizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Results from the Randomized Phase 2 Ladder Clinical Trial. Ophthalmology. 2019 08; 126(8):1141-1154.

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Venincasa MJ, Sridhar J. Inadvertent Subconjunctival Injection of a Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar 01; 137(3):e184149.

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Sackeim MG, Gurney EP, Koelper N, Sammel MD, Schreiber CA. Effect of contraceptive choice on rapid repeat pregnancy. Contraception. 2019 03; 99(3):184-186.

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