OPHTHALMOLOGY
Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd”> 3 PATHOGENESIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION ANA ANA MACHÍN MAHAVE • ERNESTO ROMERA REDONDO JOHN BARNWELL KERRISON INTRODUCTION Age-related macular degeneration…
Vitreoretinal Degenerations
1. Retinal dialysis 2. Peripheral cystoid degeneration 3. Retinal detachment 4. Retinal drusen 5. Full-thickness tear 6. Paving-stone degeneration 7. Lattice degeneration 8. Bullous retinoschisis 9. Flat retinoschisis 10. White-without-pressure…
Intraretinal Degenerations
1. Retinal dialysis 2. Peripheral cystoid degeneration 3. Retinal detachment 4. Retinal drusen 5. Full-thickness tear 6. Paving-stone degeneration 7. Lattice degeneration 8. Bullous retinoschisis 9. Flat retinoschisis 10. White-without-pressure…
Retinal Laser Photocoagulation in Peripheral Retinal Degenerations
Type of lesion Treatmenta Acute symptomatic horseshoe tears Treat promptly Acute symptomatic operculated holes Treatment may not be necessary Acute symptomatic dialyses Treat promptly Traumatic retinal breaks Usually treated Asymptomatic…
Chorioretinal Degenerations
1. Retinal dialysis 2. Peripheral cystoid degeneration 3. Retinal detachment 4. Retinal drusen 5. Full-thickness tear 6. Paving-stone degeneration 7. Lattice degeneration 8. Bullous retinoschisis 9. Flat retinoschisis 10. White-without-pressure…
