May 30, 2003
1 min read
Save
This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.
Positive results for submacular surgery in AMD found in literature search
You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.
Submacular surgery for the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration is a promising treatment, a review of published studies suggests.
Researchers in Vienna reviewed 61 studies on surgical interventions in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) published in English or German between 1992 and 2001.
The surgical procedures reported on included removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in 43%, macular translocation in 25%, transplantation of pigment epithelium in 10% and removal of subretinal hemorrhage in 23%.
Of all cases reported, 38% showed an improvement in visual acuity and 26% showed a deterioration.
The analysis is published in Spektrum der Augenheilkunde.