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A Millennium Update

Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1428-1430.

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THE REPORT by Uemura and Thomas in this issue of the ARCHIVES confirms prior work¹ demonstrating that subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in children may be managed with submacular surgery, expanding the body of literature on submacular surgery. Both articles acknowledge that subfoveal CNV is seen infrequently in the pediatric population. However, when there is considerable visual impairment, submacular surgery not only can be performed by CNV in children without serious risk of complications but also can achieve excellent visual results.

Developed largely in the early 1990s as an exciting innovative treatment for subfoveal CNV and/or hemorrhage, submacular surgery captured interest by virtue of the potential to preserve the central neurosensory retina vs the neurosensory destruction associated with focal laser photocoagulation. Recently, additional alternative forms of treatment have been developed, including macular translocation surgery, pneumatic displacement of subfoveal hemorrhage, and photodynamic therapy (PDT). As we enter a new century with these . . . [Full Text of this Article]

WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SUBMACULAR SURGERY


WHAT WE HAVE YET TO LEARN ABOUT SUBMACULAR SURGERY

SUBMACULAR SURGERY IN THE ERA OF NEW ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS

THE ROLE OF SUBMACULAR SURGERY IN CHILDREN

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