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| Year : 2004 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 45-49 |
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Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal neovascular membrane in age related macular degeneration
M Agarwal, Mahesh P Shanmugam, L Gopal, N Shetty, M Bhende, L Gopal, T Sharma, S Thakur, R Raman, SH Nizamuddin, KR Moorthy
Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
M Agarwal
Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 15132379 
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Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in choroidal neovasularisation (CNVM) secondary to age related macular degeneration ( AMD).
Material and 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.
Conclusion: TTT leads to stabilisation of vision in 60% of treated eyes with CNVM due to AMD.
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