Submacular surgery has been used in several ways
to treat macular degeneration.
It was first used to wash out blood from beneath the retina
when large hemorrhages occur.
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) has been used with the surgery
to help dissolve the clot. More
recently, submacular surgery has been used to operate beneath the
retina and remove the abnormal blood vessels ("membranes")
that have grown. While
excellent results have been found for macular degeneration associated
with Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome (POHS), Multifocal Choroiditis
with Panuveitits (MPC) and Punctate Inner Chorioditis (PIC), the results
with age-related macular degeneration have been less impressive.
Careful patient selection may improve success rates in age-related
macular degeneration. A randomized, controlled, multi-center clinical trial of submacular
surgery is currently underway. |
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