Radiation therapy for subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in age-related macular degeneration. A pilot study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
G J BerginkR W van der Maazen

Abstract

The natural course of the visual acuity of age-related subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) membranes is poor. Laser photocoagulation of subfoveal CNV is recommended if the patient is willing to accept a large decrease in visual acuity immediately after treatment. A large proportion of patients with subfoveal CNV do not meet the Macular Photocoagulation Study Group (MPS) guidelines for laser photocoagulation. The fact that so few patients meet these criteria makes further research into new treatment techniques warranted. Ionising radiation may prevent the proliferation of endothelial cells of newly formed subretinal capillaries and may induce obliteration of the aberrant new vessels. In this study, the effect of radiation therapy on subfoveal CNV membranes was evaluated. Four groups of ten patients were treated with external beam radiotherapy (16-MV photons) on an area of 1 cm2 (macular region) using a lens-sparing technique and total doses of 8-24 Gy. The first group received 8 Gy in one fraction. The second, third and fourth groups received 12 Gy in 2 fractions, 18 Gy in three fractions and 24 Gy in four fractions respectively. The studied parameters included best-corrected visual acuity and membrane size and leakage ...Continue Reading

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