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العنوان
Photodynamic therapy and intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide in the management of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization caused by age-related macular degeneration =
الناشر
Alex-Uni F.O.Medicine ,
المؤلف
Lolah, Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed .
هيئة الاعداد
باحث / محمد محمد احمد
مشرف / احمد مجدى بدة
مشرف / هشام فؤاد الجوينى
مشرف / احمد السيد شامه
الموضوع
Ophthalmology .
تاريخ النشر
2008 .
عدد الصفحات
129p.
اللغة
الإنجليزية
الدرجة
الدكتوراه
التخصص
طب العيون
تاريخ الإجازة
1/1/2008
مكان الإجازة
جامعة الاسكندريه - كلية الطب - العيون
الفهرس
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Abstract

This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness or PDT versus IVTA
injection versus combined PDT and IVTA in the management ol subloveal CNN’
caused by AMD over one year.
The study included 3 groups of patients:
The PDT ;group,:
15 eyes, corresponding to 1. I patients. These eves received PDT. There were
females (5 eyes), and 7 males (10 eyes). Their 1-we varied from 53 to 7S years. In tht
3rd month follow up, there vas a gain in the Suellen lines about 40% of eyes gained
one line and 46.-7% of eyes lost > one line, in one year Coilow up the gain decreased t
26.7% of eyes and the loss increased to 53.3% or eves. There was a significant chanE
of mean Log MAR in the 3”1 month but there was insignificant deterioration in ti
mean Log MAR of visual acuity at the end of one year follow up.
The mean lop and cataract changes in this group did not reveal any sit-tific
change over the one year follow up.
40% of eyes reported improvement in the fluorescein leakage in the 3id mo
and one year follow up, 13.3% of eyes revealed worsening in the fluorescein leak
in the 3rd month follow up which increased to 26.7% or eves in one year foltow up .