[Brachytherapy in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration].
Low-dose radiotherapy by local applicators--Ru106--plaques at a retinal apex dose of 1000-1500 cGy offers a method to treat subretinal neovascularisation by age related macular degeneration without destroying the overlying retina.
Furdová
A
A
Strmen
P
P
D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000532:radiotherapy