SUSPENDING TREATMENT OF NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION IN CASES OF FUTILITY

Treatment of Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration

Until the end of the last century, no intervention could alter the natural history of the disease. Only in the last few decades, the retina specialists began to intervene in order to minimize the visual loss in those patients. Last ten years have been especially exciting as the new treatment modalities emerged and for the first time we could not only halt the progression of the deterioration, b...

Measurement of Choroidal Neovascular Area in Age-Related Macular Degeneration using Modified Otsu’s Thresholding Method

Introduction: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the most important causes of irreversible  blindness in the developed world and  prevents the affected  person from  performing simple tasks such  as  reading,  driving  and  facial  recognition.  In  the  AMD,  new  blood  vessels  grow  underneath  the  retina  in  a  process  called  choroidal  neovascularisation  (CNV).  There  ...

Neovascular Age - Related Macular Degeneration

[Treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: an unresolved matter].

Nos encontramos ante una batalla desigual donde se enfrentan los intereses económicos de la industria farmacéutica a los intereses de la sociedad en su búsqueda por conseguir soluciones viables a problemas relevantes de salud, y en la que, sin que sirva de precedente, es posible que la sociedad resulte victoriosa, a pesar de las numerosas trabas. Se trata de decidir el tratamiento de elección d...

Treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: Current therapies

Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is now the leading cause of blindness and severe vision loss among people over the age of 40 in the Western world. Its prevalence is certain to increase substantially as the population ages. Treatments currently available for the disease include laser photocoagulation, verteporfin photodynamic therapy, and in...