[Surgical removal of peripapillary choroidal neovascularization in young patients].

PURPOSE To analyze anatomical and visual outcomes after subretinal surgery for peripapillary choroidal neovascularization (CNV) not associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS Five eyes from five patients with peripapillary CNV who had been treated by subretinal surgery were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS The patients averaged 32 years of age (range, 11 to 49, SD 14.5 years) and mean follow-up was 31.4 months (range, 8 to 48, SD 20.8 months). Best corrected visual acuity was 0.05 (range, 0.001 to 0.16, SD 0.07) before surgery and 0.64 (range, 0.2 to 0.9, SD 0.26) after surgery (p=0.005; Student's t test for paired data). Neither intraoperative nor postoperative incidences occurred. CONCLUSIONS Surgical removal may be considered one of the therapeutic options to treat peripapillary CNV not related to AMD.