1. Effect of anti-VEGF drugs combined with photodynamic therapy in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration
- Author
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Panshi Yan, Guanghua Peng, Yue Chen, Wenzhan Wang, Yi Dong, and Guangming Wan
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0301 basic medicine ,Oncology ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Diastole ,Hemodynamics ,Photodynamic therapy ,Biology ,drugs ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) ,Internal medicine ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,anti-vascular endothelial growth factor ,age-related macular degeneration ,Anti vegf ,Therapeutic effect ,General Medicine ,Articles ,Macular degeneration ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Visual field ,030104 developmental biology ,photodynamic therapy ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,medicine.symptom - Abstract
We analyzed the effects of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs combined with photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Ninety-six cases (192 eyes) of AMD were included in this study and randomly divided into the observation group and control group (n=48 cases per group). The control group was administered the treatment of Lucentis intravitreal injection alone and the observation group was administered Lucentis combined with PDT. The therapeutic effects were compared. The best corrected visual acuity of patients in the two groups increased gradually after treatment. Patients in the observation group had a significantly higher visual acuity when compared to the control group 1 and 6 months post-operation. The differences were statistically significant (P
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- 2016