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Indocyanine green angiography-guided laser photocoagulation for occult choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration

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Abstract

Resolution of exudative manife stations and changes in vision were compared in patients who had indocyanine green angiography-guided laser photocoagulation versus those who had no laser. A retrospective, nonrandomized study was conducted in 176 patients who had laser photocoagulation therapy for occult choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration. Forty-three percent of 93 treated patients had complete resolution of exudative manifestations and 29% obtained better vision, versus 13% and 11%, respectively, for patients without laser treatment.

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    Stanislaw A. Milewski MD, Marion Joseph Stoj MD, Jerry Neuwirth MD, Peter H. Judson MD & Michael S. Ruddat MD

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Milewski, S.A., Stoj, M.J., Neuwirth, J. et al. Indocyanine green angiography-guided laser photocoagulation for occult choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration. Ann Ophthalmol 33, 225–230 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12009-001-0032-y

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