Laser treatment in 341 patients with exudative agerelated macular degeneration

作     者：Leyla Atmaca Aysun Idil Pelin Atmaca-Snmez 

作者机构：Department of OphthalmologyPrivate Practice Department of Public HealthLow Vision Rehabilitation and Research CenterFaculty of MedicineAnkara University Department of OphthalmologyNurlu Eye Center 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第4卷第1期

页      面：73-77页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：red krypton laser green argon laser dye laser exudative age-related macular degeneration indocyanine green angiography 

摘      要：AIM:To document the prognosis of laser treatment in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration(AMD).· METHODS:Efficacy of the intervention was evaluated using a before-after method.· RESULTS:A total of 392 eyes of 341 patients with exudative AMD were examined.77.6% had choroideal neovascularisation(CNV).Before the use of indocyanine green(ICG) angiography,occult CNV was detected in only 1.8% of the eyes,but after the use of ICG angiography,this increased to 19.5%(P0.001).Of the 349 eyes which were followed up,visual acuity had remained stable in 68.2% of the *** was a statistically significant relationship between localisation of lesion and visual acuity changes on pre-and post-laser treatment(P0.001).Also there was a statistically significant relationship between localisation of lesion and recurrence(P0.05).The recurrence was less in subfoveal lesions than that in juxtafoveal and extrafoveal lesions.· CONCLUSION:ICG angiography is highly important in the treatment of occult CNV.