Suplement
do nr. 1/2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Terapia fotodynamiczna w leczeniu wysiękowej
postaci zwyrodnienia plamki związanego z wiekiem
Photodynamic therapy in treatment of exudative form of age-related macular degeneration
Jerzy Szaflik, Magdalena Ulińska, Sława Kwiecień
Katedra i Klinika Okulistyki II Wydziału Lekarskiego
Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie
Samodzielny Publiczny Kliniczny Szpital Okulistyczny w Warszawie
Kierownik: prof. dr hab. med. Jerzy Szaflik |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Summary: |
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common
reason of legal blindness in adults over 50 years of age. Wet form of AMD may cause rapid
and severe decrease of visual acuity making patients permanently dependent on other
persons.
PDT treatment is mostly recommended for the wet form of AMD with predominantly classic or
occult with no classic subfoveal neovascularization.
Outcomes of PDT treatment are widely presented in many scientific papers. After one year
of observation we present our own experience in such procedures.
Our results show stabilization or even slight improvement of visual acuity and contrast
sensitivity
in approximately two thirds of cases, however short time of observation does not allow us
to make an objective conclusion. |
|
|
| Key words: |
subfoveal neovascularization, predominantly classic CNV,
occult with no classic CNV, photodynamic therapy. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
