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Surgery for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration: Ophthalmic findingsSST report no. 11
- Source :
- Ophthalmology. 111:1967-1980
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2004.
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Abstract
- PURPOSE To present visual acuity (VA) and related findings from patients enrolled in one of the Submacular Surgery Trials (SST) evaluating surgical removal versus observation of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration (SST Group N Trial). DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS Eligible patients had age-related macular degeneration with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization, some with a classic pattern on fluorescein angiography, and best-corrected VA (BCVA) of 20/100 to 20/800 in one eye (study eye) that had received no treatment in the macula. Any contiguous blood had to account for
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
genetic structures
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Retinal detachment
Macular degeneration
Cataract surgery
medicine.disease
Fluorescein angiography
Article
eye diseases
law.invention
Surgery
Ophthalmology
Choroidal neovascularization
Randomized controlled trial
law
medicine
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedure
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Details
- ISSN :
- 01616420
- Volume :
- 111
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ded2c3422bdc5833684a6d5b1ea77edf