[The role of surgery in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration].
The place of surgery in DMLA amounts to the surgical treatment of choroidal neovascular membranes and submacular hemorrhage. After a brief historical review, the different techniques currently used are described, but indications have become rarer since the development of dynamic phototherapy. However, despite a high complication rate, these surgical methods should not disappear from our therapeutic arsenal because they have proved their ability to restore good visual acuity.
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Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Saint Roch, 5, rue Pierre Dévoluy, 06000 Nice.
D002832:Choroid Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000601:surgery*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications