Title
Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin for Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascular Membranes in Highly Myopic Eyes after Laser In situ Keratomileusis
Date Issued
01 January 2004
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Arevalo J.F.
Ruiz-Moreno J.M.
Mendoza A.J.
Ramirez E.
Montero J.A.
Clínica Oftalmológica Centro Caracas
Publisher(s)
Slack Incorporated
Abstract
The authors describe the management of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in highly myopic eyes after laser in situ keratomileusis with photodynamic therapy. Five cases of choroidal neovascular membrane after laser in situ keratomileusis for the correction of myopia (mean, 13.3 diopters; range, -8.00 to -16.25 diopters) treated with single or multiple sessions of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin are presented. Two cases had improved visual acuity (2 to 5 lines) after photodynamic therapy, two cases remained the same, and one case lost 4 lines of visual acuity. Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin seems to increase the chance of stabilizing or improving vision in patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane after laser in situ keratomileusis in highly myopic eyes.
Start page
58
End page
62
Volume
35
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oftalmología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0348223745
PubMed ID
Source
Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
ISSN of the container
15428877
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