INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND GAS IN SUBRETINAL HEMORRHAGE CAUSED BY AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

Abstract

Indocyanine green angiography with the confocal SLO can identify choroidal feeder vessels supplying CNVM secondary to ARMD. Laser treatment to such extrafoveal feeder vessels, particularly in membranes that are large or subfoveal, may be effective in closing the feeder vessel and CNVM with preservation of the fovea and central vision. More than one treatment may be required, however, and failures and complications may be expected with this treatment modality.