L G B Baltaziak¹, J T Toczolowski¹, A W K Kedziora²
¹Polish Ophthalmology Society, 2ed Department of Ophthalmology, 20079 Lublin, Poland; ²Polish Ophthalmology Society, SP Szpital Wojewodzki, 22 400 Zamosc ul.Legionow 10, Poland
The aim of the study is to asses the usefulness of transpupilary thermotheraphy (TTT) for the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) secondary to AMD.
Method: We treated 20 eyes of 20 patients in age from 60-85 years with CNV secondary to AMD. Each patient was examined for vision acuity with Snellen vision acuity, fundus examination with fundus photographs and fluorescein angiography (FA). TTT was performed with diode laser 810 nm (Iris Medical OcuLight SLx). Laser beam sizes ranged between 0.8 to 3.0 mm and power settings between 210-790 mW with area centralis laser lens and time 60 s.
Results: CNV were closed in 15eyes, remained persistent in 5 eyes.
Vision acuity improved on 1 Snellen line in one patient. In 10 eyes vision acuity no changed. In 9 cases deterioration of vision acuity was detected.
Conclusions: TTT is a useful method for treatment of CNV secondary to AMD. It is able to close choroidal neovascularisation while maintaining vision acuity in patients.
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