title: Surgical outcome for removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To asses the surgical outcome of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two eyes with Best disease and one with idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane underwent vitrectomy and extraction of the subfoveal neovascular membrane.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the three eyes had significant improvement in their visual acuity and there was no recurrence of choroidal neovascular membrane.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane in children carries good visual prognosis in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada. drbkjain@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kantilal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Ayad E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Shafiq
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Devenyi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy