[Laser therapy of age-related exudative macular degeneration]

Aim of the study is to determine the percent of cases with exsudative form of age related macular degeneration that are eligible for treatment by the Macular Photocoagulation Study guidelines after initial visit. Authors also evaluated efficacy of focal laser treatment in visual acuity. In a group of 80 eyes in 55 patients only in 13 (16%) eyes was found classic choroidal neovascular membrane and 12 (15%) of them met eligibility criteria for treatment by the MPS criteria. 6 CNV (46%) were treated with argon-green laser according to MPS photocoagulation criteria. Visual acuity of treated eyes was improved in 2 eyes, unchanged in 1 eye and worsened in 3 eyes. For worse visual outcomes were responsible recurrent CNV which occurred in 3 (50%) of treated eyes.