Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

LETTER TO EDITOR
Year
: 2001  |  Volume : 49  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 141-

New approaches in the management of choroidal neovascular membrane in age-related macular degeneration (CNVM)


Manish Nagpal 
 Aso-palov Eye Hospital, Near Under Bridge, Rajbhavan Road, Ahmedabad - 380 004, India

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Manish Nagpal
Aso-palov Eye Hospital, Near Under Bridge, Rajbhavan Road, Ahmedabad - 380 004, India




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Nagpal M. New approaches in the management of choroidal neovascular membrane in age-related macular degeneration (CNVM).Indian J Ophthalmol 2001;49:141-141


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Dear Editor:

We read with interest the article titled "New Approaches in the Management of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (CNVM)" by Verma et al.[1] It is an extremely informative article extensively covering various treatment modalities for CNVM and also future direction of research.

Transpupillary Thermotherapy (TTT) is an accepted modality of treatment for subfoveal CNVMs. There have been some encouraging results published, especially in cases having occult membranes.[2,3] In compairson to Photodynamic therapy (which has been extensively covered in the article) this remains a less invasive procedure and more economical especially for the developing countries.

We feel the TTT deserves at least a passing mention as a new modality of treatment for subfoveal CNVMs.

References

1Verma L, Das TP, Binder S, Heriot W, Kirchhof B, Venkatesh P, et al. New approaches in the management of choroidal membrane in age-related macular degeneration. Indian J Ophthalmol 2000;48:263-78.
2Reichel E, Berrocal AM, Ip Michael, Kroll AJ, Desai V, Duker JS, et al. Transpupillary Thermotherapy of Occult Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularisation I Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology 1999;106:1908-14.
3Ahuja RM, Singh GJ, Benner JD, Schwartz JC, Butler JN, Steidel SM. Transpupillary thermotherapy of occult subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation in age-related macular degeneration. Poster AAO; Dallas 2000.