[Comparison of macular limited translocation and photodynamic therapy for management of choroidal neovascularization in degenerative myopia: a retrospective study].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the results of limited macular translocation (MT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) in subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to degenerative myopia, with a minimum follow-up of 12 months.


METHODS
Retrospective review of 55 consecutive patients: 31 eyes were treated using PDT and 24 were operated on with the limited macular translocation technique with chorioscleral infolding described by de Juan. Before and after each treatment, a complete examination comprised visual acuity, fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography. Mean follow-up was 14 months in the PDT group and 19 months in the MT group.


RESULTS
The improvement in visual acuity was better in the MT group than in the PDT group and was correlated with younger age (p<0.001). At month 12, visual acuity improved by 3 ETDRS lines or more in 6 six eyes of the PDT group (19%), with no improvement over 6 lines. In the MT group, visual acuity improved by 3 lines in 14 eyes (58%) including 8 eight eyes (33%) with an improvement of 6 lines or more. Final visual acuity remain unchanged (+/-2 lines) in 16 eyes of the PDT group (66%) and 8 eight eyes of the MT group (33%), and decreased in 9 nine eyes in the PDT group (29%) versus 2 two eyes in the MT group (8%). Mean gain in visual acuity at 12 months was +3.5 ETDRS lines in the MT group and -0.1 line in the PDT group (p=0.001). The mean displacement of the fovea after translocation was 950 microm. The mMean number of PDT treatments was 2.3 during the 12-month follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
Limited macular translocation allowed provided a significant improvement in visual acuity in some eyes with subfoveal neovascularization in myopia, especially in young patients, and resulted in a moderate rate of complications. Longer follow-up and further controlled and randomized studies are required to confirm these encouraging findings.
Dumas
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Service d'Ophtalmologie, Clinique Ambroise Paré, Lille. st.dumas@free.fr
Glacet-Bernard
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Haddad
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Razavi
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Roquet
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Coscas
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Soubrane
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D000328:Adult; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000150:complications*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies