Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: PURPOSE: To analyze anatomical and visual outcomes after subretinal surgery for peripapillary choroidal neovascularization (CNV) not associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: Five eyes from five patients with peripapillary CNV who had been treated by subretinal surgery were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: The patients averaged 32 years of age (range, 11 to 49, SD 14.5 years) and mean follow-up was 31.4 months (range, 8 to 48, SD 20.8 months). Best corrected visual acuity was 0.05 (range, 0.001 to 0.16, SD 0.07) before surgery and 0.64 (range, 0.2 to 0.9, SD 0.26) after surgery (p=0.005; Student's t test for paired data). Neither intraoperative nor postoperative incidences occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical removal may be considered one of the therapeutic options to treat peripapillary CNV not related to AMD.
Institutions: University of Castilla-La Mancha, Miranza
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,590
OpenAlex ID: W1998527488