periocular injection

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Periocular injection is an ocular route of drug administration. It is well-established route of treatment for severe uveitis and cystoid macular edema (CME) by using corticosteroids.[https://www.aao.org/current-insight/when-to-use-periocular-intraocular-corticosteroid- When to Use Periocular and Intraocular Corticosteroid Injections in Uveitis]{{cite journal | pmc=4254355 | date=2014 | last1=Sen | first1=H. N. | last2=Vitale | first2=S. | last3=Gangaputra | first3=S. S. | last4=Nussenblatt | first4=R. B. | last5=Liesegang | first5=T. L. | last6=Levy-Clarke | first6=G. A. | last7=Rosenbaum | first7=J. T. | last8=Suhler | first8=E. B. | last9=Thorne | first9=J. E. | last10=Foster | first10=C. S. | last11=Jabs | first11=D. A. | last12=Kempen | first12=J. H. | title=Periocular Corticosteroid Injections in Uveitis: Effects and Complications | journal=Ophthalmology | volume=121 | issue=11 | pages=2275–2286 | doi=10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.05.021 | pmid=25017415 }}

Subconjunctival injection is one of periocular routes of administration.