Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal neovascular membrane in age related macular degeneration.
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.
Agarwal
Manisha
M
Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.
Shanmugam
Mahesh P
MP
Gopal
Lekha
L
Shetty
Nitin
N
Bhende
Muna
M
Gopal
Lingam
L
Sharma
Tarun
T
Thakur
Sandeep
S
Raman
Rajiv
R
Nizamuddin
S H M
SH
Moorthy
K R
KR
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