Failure of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for choroidal melanoma: two cases with histopathological correlation
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Transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation.
AIM To assess the effectiveness of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for the treatment of classic and occult choroidal neovascularisation (CNV). METHOD In a retrospective, case selected, open label trial 44 eyes of 42 patients with CNV secondary to age related macular degeneration (ARMD) were studied. 44 eyes with angiographically defined CNV were treated with diode laser (810 nm) TTT. Laser...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.9.1075a