Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal neovascular membrane in age related macular degeneration.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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2004 Mar; 52(1): 45-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-70764
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the efficacy of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in choroidal neovasularisation (CNVM) secondary to age related macular degeneration (AMD). MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Retrospective, non-randomized study of 28 eyes of 28 patients with subfoveal CNVM (classic, occult or mixed) secondary to AMD.RESULTS:
Fifteen patients (53.57%) maintained their pre-treatment vision, 2 (7.14%) patients showed improvement of more than 2 lines and 11 (39.28%) patients showed deterioration of vision by >2 lines. Angiographic and clinical regression of CNVM was noted in 19 patients (67.8%) on an average follow up of 15.32 +/- 3.31 months.CONCLUSION:
TTT leads to stabilisation of vision in 60% of treated eyes with CNVM due to AMD.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Aged, 80 and over
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Fluorescein Angiography
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Visual Acuity
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Retrospective Studies
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Treatment Outcome
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Choroidal Neovascularization
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Aged80
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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