Combined photodynamic therapy and ranibizumab for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: a 2-year result and systematic review
Author(s) -
Meng Zhao,
Haiying Zhou,
Jun Xu,
Feng Zhang,
Wenbin Wei,
Ningpu Liu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2227-4898
pISSN - 2222-3959
DOI - 10.18240/ijo.2017.03.14
Subject(s) - medicine , ranibizumab , ophthalmology , visual acuity , photodynamic therapy , fluorescein angiography , bevacizumab , indocyanine green angiography , fundus (uterus) , hazard ratio , retrospective cohort study , macular degeneration , surgery , confidence interval , chemotherapy , chemistry , organic chemistry
To report a cohort of patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) followed by intravitreal ranibizumab injection 24-48h later, and to compare the results between eyes with PCV treated by PDT followed by intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injection and intravitreal anti-VEGF injection followed by PDT by Meta-analysis.
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