title: Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal neovascular membrane in age related macular degeneration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in choroidal neovasularisation (CNVM) secondary to age related macular degeneration (AMD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, non-randomized study of 28 eyes of 28 patients with subfoveal CNVM (classic, occult or mixed) secondary to AMD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen patients (53.57%) maintained their pre-treatment vision, 2 (7.14%) patients showed improvement of more than 2 lines and 11 (39.28%) patients showed deterioration of vision by >2 lines. Angiographic and clinical regression of CNVM was noted in 19 patients (67.8%) on an average follow up of 15.32 +/- 3.31 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TTT leads to stabilisation of vision in 60% of treated eyes with CNVM due to AMD.
authors.affiliation: Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Mahesh P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: Lekha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Muna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhende
authors.forename: Lingam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: S H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Nizamuddin
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Moorthy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity