Reassessment of Treatment-Resistant Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Indocyanine Green Angiography

Volume: 6 Number: 3 January 1, 2020
  • Cem Kesım
  • Ali Demırcan
  • Mehmet Goksel Ulas
  • Gokhan Demır
  • Zeynep Alkın
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Reassessment of Treatment-Resistant Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Indocyanine Green Angiography

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate eyes with exudative age-related macular degeneration AMD with indocyanine green angiography ICGA prior switching from ranibizumab treatment to aflibercept treatment and investigate the effect of findings on visual and anatomic outcomes.Material and Methods: Fifty-one eyes of 44 patients with exudative AMD diagnosis that are resistant to ranibizumab and switched to aflibercept injections were included in this retrospective study. The primary outcomes were changes in best-corrected visual acuity BCVA and central macular thickness CMT at 3 months and at the last visit following the switch procedure.Results: Out of 51 eyes, 38 74% had polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy PCV , and 10 20% had occult choroidal neovascular membrane CNV . The mean baseline BCVA of 0.73±0.45 logMAR changed to 0.74±0.46 at 3 months and to 0.72±0.43 at the last visit p=0.77, p=0.55 . BCVA was stable in 29 eyes 56.9% , twelve eyes 23.5% experienced visual improvement while ten eyes 19.6% , all of which were diagnosed with PCV, showed visual loss. Of the 10 eyes with occult CNV, the vision improved in 5 eyes and remained stable in 5 eyes at the last visit. The mean CMT was reduced from 390±103 µm to 326±72 µm at 3 months p

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Cem Kesım This is me

Ali Demırcan This is me

Mehmet Goksel Ulas This is me

Gokhan Demır This is me

Zeynep Alkın This is me

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Year 2020 Volume: 6 Number: 3

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1.Cem Kesım, Ali Demırcan, Mehmet Goksel Ulas, Gokhan Demır, Zeynep Alkın. Reassessment of Treatment-Resistant Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Indocyanine Green Angiography. Akd Med J [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 1;6(3):456-61. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA49KM67AF