Surgical removal of non-age-related subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes

Abstract

The results of surgical removal of non-age-related subfoveal neovascular membranes have been encouraging, but further studies of long-term outcome and of the natural history of individual conditions are required.

Long-term results after photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for choroidal neovascularizations secondary to inflammatory chorioretinal diseases

“…At their last visit, all eyes showed a disappearance of pretreatment leakage in fluorescein angiography and 63.2% (12/19) eyes had an improvement of 2 or more lines, while 26.3% (5/19) remained stable (±1 line) and 10.5% (2/19) lost 2 or more lines. A mean of 2.0 (1-5) treatments was performed.…”

“…Different therapeutic strategies such as thermal laser [7,18], surgical CNV extraction [1,2,10,17], or macular displacement surgery [14] have been used. All of them have had limited benefit as well as potential risks and significant side effects, especially in cases with subfoveal localization of the CNV [13,19,25].…”

Two-year results of surgical removal of choroidal neovascular membranes related to non-age-related macular degeneration

“…All eyes undergoing surgical removal of non-AMD-related CNVM under the care of a single surgeon between November 1997 and March 2003 were included in the study (these dates were chosen to prevent overlap with a previous series from the same institution, 5 while allowing 2 years of follow-up). The indication for surgery was type II CNV with symptomatic visual loss present for at least 2 months (to give time for spontaneous resolution).…”

Management of Choroidal Neovascularization in Uveitis

“…71 There was a change of acuity within 3 Snellen lines or better observed in 80% of patients following submacular surgery. The reported recurrence rate was 20%.…”