Comparing the efficacy of dexamethasone implant and anti-VEGF for the treatment of macular edema: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Hui-xin Tang,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Jing-jing Li,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Ying Yuan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Yun Ling,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Zubing Mei ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zouhong2007@shutcm.edu.cn (HZ); herrmayor@shutcm.edu.cn (ZM)

  Affiliations Department of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, Anorectal Disease Institute of Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5012-957X

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• Hong Zou

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zouhong2007@shutcm.edu.cn (HZ); herrmayor@shutcm.edu.cn (ZM)

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0930-4444

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