New Insights Into the Development and Progression of Geographic Atrophy After Full Thickness Autologous Choroidal Graft
Author(s) -
Grazia Pertile,
Maurizio Mete,
Antonio Peroglio Deiro,
Massimo Guerriero,
Mauro Sartore,
Alessandro Alfano,
Antonio Polito
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.18-24229
Subject(s) - atrophy , geographic atrophy , medicine , transplantation , fundus (uterus) , retinal pigment epithelium , surgery , macular degeneration , ophthalmology , retinal , pathology
To investigate if the contiguity between native and transplanted retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) represents a protective factor against the progression of atrophy after autologous choroidal graft. In addition, the changes in fundus autofluorescence (FAF) in the contiguous and noncontiguous RPE areas were explored.
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