Surgical Treatment in Wet-Form (Neovascular) Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment in the developed countries. Studies have been going on for the treatment of exudative form of the disease for years. In recent years after investigation of antiVEGF agents, medical treatments have become the main treatment option for this disease. Surgical treatment modalities are macula translocation, submacular surgery and retina pigment epithelium (RPE) transplantation. Nowadays because of high complication rates and difficult surgical techniques surgical treatment use only chose cases with limited indications.