Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal neovascular membrane in age related macular degeneration

Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal neovascular membrane in age related macular degeneration

To evaluate the efficacy of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in choroidal neovasularisation (CNVM) secondary to age related macular degeneration (AMD). Retrospective, non-randomized study of 28 eyes of 28 patients with subfoveal CNVM (classic, occult or mixed) secondary to AMD. Fifteen patients (5...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of ophthalmology 2004-03, Vol.52 (1), p.45-49
Hauptverfasser: Agarwal, Manisha, Shanmugam, Mahesh P, Gopal, Lekha, Shetty, Nitin, Bhende, Muna, Gopal, Lingam, Sharma, Tarun, Thakur, Sandeep, Raman, Rajiv, Nizamuddin, S H M, Moorthy, K R
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Sprache:eng
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Age-related macular degeneration
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Care and treatment
choroidal neovascular membrane
Choroidal Neovascularization - etiology
Choroidal Neovascularization - therapy
Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Health aspects
Humans
Hyperthermia, Induced - methods
Macular degeneration
Macular Degeneration - complications
Macular Degeneration - therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Thermotherapy
Transpupillary thermotherapy
Treatment Outcome
Visual Acuity
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Zusammenfassung:To evaluate the efficacy of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in choroidal neovasularisation (CNVM) secondary to age related macular degeneration (AMD). Retrospective, non-randomized study of 28 eyes of 28 patients with subfoveal CNVM (classic, occult or mixed) secondary to AMD. 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. TTT leads to stabilisation of vision in 60% of treated eyes with CNVM due to AMD.
ISSN:0301-4738