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Table 4 Adverse events of IVC and IAC in the treatment of retinoblastoma

From: Comparison between intravenous chemotherapy and intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma: a meta-analysis

Trials

Treatment

Patients

Adverse Events

Berry2012

IVC

7

febrile neutropenia

Kaliki2011

IVC

1

pneumonia

Fabian2017

IVC

6

choroidal ischaemia

  

4

retinal detachments

  

6

nystagmus

Friedman2016

IVC

8

grade 3or 4 toxicity

  

2

infections (allergic reaction with urticaria) dehydration)

Yousef2017

IVC

3

rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Berry2017

IVC

2

febrile neutropenia

Munier2016

IVC

3

occlusive choroidopathy

Thampi2013

IVC

6

infections (fever, acute otitis media, upper) respiratory tract infection)

  

3

vitreous hemorrhage

  

2

grade 4 neutropenia

  

1

cataract

Brichard 2002

IVC

9

non-specific gastrointestinal toxicity

  

8

cytopenias

  

8

fever

Gobin2011

IAC

6

allergic reaction

  

3

cataract

  

29

neutropenia

  

1

fever

Abramson2016

IAC

39

grade 3 or 4 neutropenia

  

5

allergy-type reaction

  

4

grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia

  

4

fever

  

6

retinal or choroidal vascular occlusions

  

5

phthisis

  

4

vitreous hemorrhage

Shields2014

IAC

4

vitreous hemorrhage

  

5

artery obstruction

  

4

partial choroidal ischemia

Fabian2017

IAC

6

Nystagmus

Abramson2008

IAC

3

lids edema

  

3

conjunctiva hyperemia

  

1

radiationlike retinopathy

  

1

neutropenia

Abramson2010

IAC

9

grade 3 neutropenia

  

1

grade 4 neutropenia

Tuncer2016

IAC

9

chorioretinal atrophy

  

5

noted retinal detachment

  

1

vitreous haemorrhage

  1. IVC: Intravenous Chemotherapy; IAC: Intra-arterial Chemotherapy