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Accession number;01A0305100
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| Title;Indocyanine Green Infrared Angiography and Dye Laser Photocoagulation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. |
| Author;
YASUDA HIDEHIKO
(Toho Univ., Sch. of Med.)
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Journal Title;Journal of the Medical Society of Toho University
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Journal Code:G0654A
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ISSN:0040-8670
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VOL.48;NO.1;PAGE.72-78(2001)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.8, REF.29 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;I examined 160 eyes in 163 cases of active age-related macular degeneration (AMD), using fluorescein angiography (FA) and indocyanine green infrared angiography (IA). Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) was detected in 133 eyes of the 163 eyes (81.6%). Dye laser photocoagulation was performed on 122 eyes with new extrafoveal vessels, excluding 11 eyes with new subfoveal vessels. Consequently, the new vessels disappeared in 105 of the 122 eyes (86.1%) by the end of follow-up. However, dye laser photocoagulation was needed repeately on 38 eyes out of the 122 during follow-up. IA was very useful in detecting the localization and recurrence of new vessels. The treatment failed in 58 eyes because of the presence of unidentified new vessels (30 eyes), new subfoveal vessels (11 eyes) and the excessive area requiring treatment by dye laser photocoagulation (17 eyes). IA is essential in identifying and evaluating new vessels and in determining the proper course of laser photocoagulation and follow-up. Moreover, intensive follow-up using IA has proven indispensable in detecting and treating recurrences of CNV at an early stage. (author abst.) |
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