PURPOSE To report the long-term (>5 years) results of full macular translocation in patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV). DESIGN Retrospective, interventional case series. METHODS This study involved 32 eyes of 32 patients who had undergone full macular translocation for CNV. The median follow-up was 6.5 years (range, 5.2 to 7.7 years). We evaluated the best-corrected visual acu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and visual significance of cystoid macular edema (CME) in eyes with subfoveal neovascular age-related macular degeneration using optical coherence tomography (OCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 61 consecutive patients initially seen with nondisciform subfoveal neovascular age-related macular degeneration were retrospectively reviewed. All ...

Macular degeneration is one of the most common retinal diseases in India. Usually it is observed in people over 60s and is therefore called age related Macular degeneration, ARMD or AMD. The macula is responsible for the sharp central vision needed for detailed activities such as reading, writing, driving, face recognition and ability to see colours. Age related macula degeneration is degenerat...

Macular degeneration is one of the most common retinal diseases in India. Usually it is observed in people over 60s and is therefore called age related Macular degeneration, ARMD or AMD. The macula is responsible for the sharp central vision needed for detailed activities such as reading, writing, driving, face recognition and ability to see colours. Age related macula degeneration is degenerat...

Macular degeneration is the main cause for diminished visual acuity in the elderly. The juvenile form of macular degeneration has equally detrimental consequences on foveal vision. To compensate for loss of foveal vision most patients with macular degeneration adopt an eccentric preferred retinal location that takes over tasks normally performed by the healthy fovea. It is unclear however, whet...

PURPOSE To report on the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration by intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin). METHODS A 78-year-old patient experienced a progressive loss of visual acuity in her right eye due to an occult subfoveal neovascular membrane in age-related macular degeneration. She received an intravitreal injection of 1.5 mg bevacizumab. RESULTS Within 4 weeks after th...

Ocular neovascularization is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries and often causes rapid loss of vision in age-related macular degeneration. Acute visual loss is most often due to hemorrhage from new vessels that have extended from the choroid into the subretinal space. Growth of abnormal vessels beneath the retina in this condition is known as subretinal neovascularization (SR...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is a suggestion of increased risk or progression of age-related macular degeneration after cataract surgery, which is related to the increased exposure of the retina to short-wavelength light. RECENT FINDINGS Cell culture and animal work has described retinal and retinal pigment epithelium phototoxicity on acute light exposure. Clinical studies suggest that the use of ...

Aging is a fundamental biologic phenomenon that occurs even in the absence of disease, each cell having a genetically programmed lifespan. Tissues that do not undergo mitotic division to replace this cell fallout, such as the central nervous system and the retina, have a high incidence of aging manifestations, particularly after 75 years of age. As the lens ages, it increases in weight and thic...