Laser treatment in eyes with drusen.

Abstract:

:During the past several decades, many individuals have noted that drusen may resolve after macular laser photocoagulation. The lack of effective therapies against choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has prompted many invesigators to explore strategies designed to prevent CNV in eyes with high-risk drusen. Currently, several pilot studies in the United States, Spain, Sweden, Australia, and the United Kingdom are in progress; the Choroidal Neovascularization Prevention Trial (CNVPT) is the largest pilot study to date and is detailed herein. A definitive study, the Complications of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial, aims to evaluate the effects of laser treatment in patients with bilateral drusen and will commence this year.

journal_name

Curr Opin Ophthalmol

authors

Ho AC

doi

10.1097/00055735-199906000-00009

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-06-01 00:00:00

pages

204-8

issue

3

eissn

1040-8738

issn

1531-7021

journal_volume

10

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