title: Laser photocoagulation of indocyanine green angiographically identified feeder vessels to idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of laser photocoagulation of indocyanine green angiographically identified feeder vessels to idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathic lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen eyes of 14 consecutive patients with idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy lesions treated by laser photocoagulation of indocyanine green angiographically identified feeder vessels were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 10 of the 15 eyes, serous retinal detachment of sensory retina in the macula disappeared after photocoagulation of the feeder vessels. The best-corrected visual acuity improved by 2 or more lines in eight of the 15 eyes and worsened in two eyes during the mean follow-up period of 13.6 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laser photocoagulation targeted exclusively to the feeder vessels supplying the idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy lesions is a safe and effective method and can improve vision in eyes in which a serous retinal detachment is present in the macula. Indocyanine green angiography-guided laser photocoagulation should be considered as an optional treatment for idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishijima
authors.forename: Masayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Joh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katsuta
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanemura
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aikawa
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandai
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kiryu
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green