[Photodynamic therapy with Visudyne in macular degeneration associated with subfoveal classical choroidal neovascularization]

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy with the preparation Visudyne (PDT) is the only treatment which retards statistically significantly the decline of vision in patients with age related and myopic macular degeneration with a subfoveal, predominantly classic choroidal neovascularization. The authors present their own experience with the treatment of the first 12 patients. During 6-month treatment a loss of more than 3 lines of ETDRS optotypes was recorded in two patients (17%). The presented results of FTV are consistent with data published abroad. As the one-year therapeutic results in two patients are encouraging, it will be necessary in future to prolong the follow up time and increase the number of patients.