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C Majcher (Salus), SH Sinclair (Drexel Univ School Med), W Li (Drexel Univ School Med), P Presti (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta) Objective: Investigate erythropoietin intravitreal injections stabilization of central discriminant visual fields (CDVF) and GA progression in atrophic ARMD and correlate OCT findings with CDVF and patterns of GA progression. Methods: Retrospective pilot study of patients with GA AMD with fovea...
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Posted by Stephen H. Sinclair on Nov 1, 2011 in Atrophic ARMD
Macular Drusen, Atrophic AMD and Progression into Wet AMD
http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2010/congress/Age-Related-Macular-Degeneration-2.flv Ivan Fiser (Prague, Czech Republic) Advantages: 1. We find useful to carefully follow up eyes with atrophic AMD and macular drusen. Not only the drusen, but also the fading of drusen, and the conversion to geographic atrophy can be a prologue to CNV. The combination of OCT and FA, together with other usual examination methods, can distinguish between...
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Posted by Francesco Boscia on Oct 1, 2010 in Atrophic ARMD
Francesco Boscia (Bari, Italy) Approximately 80% to 90% of cases of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are dry AMD (or non-neovascular AMD). Among those cases, 12-20% progresses to geographic atrophy (GA) and severe visual loss. To date, no medical or surgical treatment is available for this condition, however vitamin supplements with high doses of antioxidants, lutein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutein> and zeaxanthin...
Read MoreMultifocal Electroretinogram, Antioxidant Drugs and Dry AMD
Posted by Isaac Alarcon Valero, Daniel Vilaplana, Vladimir Poposki, Olga Martinez Giralt and Miguel Castilla Cespedes on Oct 1, 2008 in Antioxidant Drug, Atrophic ARMD, ERGs
Alarcón Valero Isaac, Vilaplana i Blanch Daniel, Poposky Vladimir, Martínez-Giralt Olga, Berniell Trota José Antonio, Acebes Roldán Xènia, Castilla Céspedes Miguel Purpose: Analyse the usefulness of antioxidant drug supplementation using multifocal electroretinogram (mf-ERG) in normal and dry AMD eyes. Methods: 48 eyes, all have had cataract surgery and with a visual acuity of 20/40 or better. Two groups: cases (24 eyes), (dry-AMD)...
Read MoreVortex Vein Occlusion as a Treatment for AMD: Surgical and Technical Procedure, Principle of Action, Indications and Results
http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2008/congress/Vortex-Vein-Occlusion-as-a-Treatment-for-AMD:-Surgical-and-Technical-Procedure,-Principle-of-Action,-Indications-and-Results.flv Richard Luscan Purpose: Report of a six year experience on this topic, including about one hundred procedures upon all various forms of AMD. Introduction: Vortex veins occlusion procedure was used to inflate the choriocapillaris tone, known to be deflated or with irregular...
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