Is subretinal surgery feasible for a non-responsive juxtafoveal type 2 choroidal neovascular membrane?
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
; 15: 100460, 2019 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-31193243
PURPOSE: To describe the long-term outcome of a patient with multifocal choroiditis, who underwent surgical removal of a type 2 choroidal neovascular membrane employing 23 G pars plana vitrectomy. OBSERVATIONS: A 50-year-old man was treated with 3 monthly intravitreal bevacizumab injections, but despite treatment, visual acuity continued to worsen from 20/40 to 20/100, and bleeding was not receding. A minimal invasive pars plana vitrectomy was performed for surgical removal of the neovascular complex without any complicating incident. Subsequent visual acuity was 20/25 for more than eleven years. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Surgical removal of choroidal neovascular membranes employing minimal invasive surgery in addition to anti-VEGF therapy, and OCT evaluation can be a viable approach for selected cases of juxtafoveal type 2 CNV.
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MEDLINE
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Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos