[Results of transpupillary thermotherapy by patients with age-related macular degeneration 6 months after treatment (pilot study)].

Abstract

We demonstrated the effectiveness of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) by patients with age- related macular degeneration (ARMD). CNV secondary to ARMD is a leading case of vision loss in patients older than 50 years. TTT is new promising method for the treatment CNV by ARMD. It is able to close CNV while maintaining visual function and in small percentage visual function improving. We have performed TTT by 30 patients (30 eyes) with subfoveolar CNV. We have demonstrated the stabilization or improvement of visual acuity by 16 patients (52%), improvemend two or more lines was documented by 5 patients (17%).