Macular Translocation With 360° Retinotomy for Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 120 (4) , 451-459
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.120.4.451
Abstract
AGE-RELATED macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness among the elderly in the Western world.1-3 There are 2 main manifestations of late AMD: exudative or neovascular AMD and nonexudative or atrophic AMD. Approximately 10% to 20% of patients with AMD develop the exudative form of this disease, which is characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV).1 Growth of new vessels from the choroid through the Bruch membrane and in the subretinal space causes exudation and hemorrhagic lesions with progressive visual loss, eventually resulting in the formation of a disciform scar with loss of photoreceptors.Keywords
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