Laser photocoagulation in the treatment of aging macular degeneration

ABSTRACT

Sixty eyes of 35 patients having aging macula/ degeneration [AMD] 20 males and 15 females were evaluated as regards the effect of laser photocoagulation on the course of the disease. Laser photocoagulation was used in eyes with extrafoveal, juxtafoveal and peripapillary subretinal neovascularization [28 eyes]. Eyes with subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane were followed up, and all of them developed a disciform scar in a period less than one year. Ophthalmological evaluation at the end of the follow up period [mean = 14.3 month post laser] showed that visual acuity in lasered eyes was stationary in 19 eyes [67.9%], improved in 4 eyes [14.3%] and worsened in 5 eyes [17.8%]