Macula is the most sensitive area of the retina responsible for central vision, reading vision and color vision. The macula clinic deals with conditions like macular hole,epiretinal membranes, cystoid macula odema,age related macular degenerations, etc
Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
It is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in elderly patients. Wet or Exudative form:
Characterized by leakage of fluid and blood into and under the retina from abnormal blood vessels which develop from beneath the retina called Choroidal Neovascularisation leading to sudden decrease in vision. O C T and FFA is essential to confirm the diagnosis and to plan treatment.It warrants immediate treatment by PDT or in combination with anti VEGF injections,to preserve vision.
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in which a light sensitive dye is injected into the forearm and a special laser is applied to the Choroidal neovascular membrane for 83 seconds to destroy it.
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