[Coagulation therapy of senile macular degeneration. II. Extrafoveal choroid neovascularization].
A retrospective study was conducted covering a total of 229 patients with choroidal neovascularizations in age-related maculopathy. Of these patients, 81 had been treated by photocoagulation and 148 had been followed up without treatment. After four years' follow-up of statistically comparable groups the photocoagulation group showed significantly better results than the control group with regard to both final visual acuity (p = 0.01) as well as changes between initial and final visual acuity (p = 0.03). This therapeutic effect of photocoagulation treatment in extrafoveolar choroidal neovascularization was only observed in patients followed up for a maximum of six years (p = 007), while in patients who had been followed up for longer periods of time similar visual results between the coagulation and control groups were found (p = 0.4).
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Universitätsaugenklinik Essen.
Wessing
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D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity
Koagulationstherapie seniler Makuladegenerationen. II. Extrafoveoläre choriodale Neovaskularisationen.