Photodynamic therapy for AMD and non-AMD patients: one-year results in Thais.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and non-AMD in Thais, and compare with the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Photodynamic Therapy (TAP) and Verteporfin in Photodynamic Therapy (VIP) study. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
The authors prospectively evaluated all data of 51 eyes of 51 patients who had undergone PDT and accomplished a 1-year follow up. The assessments were divided into two categories group 1 included three subsets of AMD, and group 2 was non-AMD. The first group classified into three subgroups group 1A AMD with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and TAP/VIP compatible with recommendation guidelines characteristics, group 1B AMD with subfoveal CNV and TAP/VIP incompatible, and group 1C AMD with non-subfoveal CNV. The measurement outcomes comprised of the baseline characteristics, change in visual acuity, and number of treatments.RESULTS:
Thirty-eight eyes had CNV-related AMD and 13 eyes were non-AMD. At the 12-month examination, the mean visual acuity change in group 1A, 1B, 1C had increased 0.19 (p = 0.077), 0.14 (p = 0.076), and 0.24 (p = 0.003), respectively. The number of treatments was 1.8 in group 1A, 2.3 in group 1B, and 1.5 in group 1C.CONCLUSION:
PDT is beneficial to Thai patients with AMD at first year even if they were not compatible with TAP/VIP criteria.
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Assunto principal:
Fotoquimioterapia
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Porfirinas
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Tailândia
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Fatores de Tempo
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Acuidade Visual
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Estudos Prospectivos
Tipo de estudo:
Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo observacional
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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