Is Exudative Neovascular AMD a Chronic Disease? Analysis of Long-term Progression under Anti-VEGF Therapy.

Background: Anti-VEGF therapy is the standard treatment for exudative neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) caused by the development of macular neovascularisation (MNV) with associated fluid exudation. The therapeutic strategies (T&E or PRN) assumed a scarring transformation of the MNV and exit strategies and were formulated accordingly. The present study investigates this hypothesis as a real-life long-term analysis.

Clinically applicable deep learning-based decision aids for treatment of neovascular AMD.

Purpose: Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF) therapy is currently seen as the standard for treatment of neovascular AMD (nAMD). However, while treatments are highly effective, decisions for initial treatment and retreatment are often challenging for non-retina specialists. The purpose of this study is to develop convolutional neural networks (CNN) that can differentiate treatment indicated presentations of nAMD for referral to treatment centre based solely on SD-OCT.

[Fibrovascular transformation of CNV in nAMD after long-term anti-VEGF therapy : Methodological evaluation of quantifying morphological changes].

Background: Under long-term anti-VEGF therapy neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) may result in fibrovascular transformation of choroidal neovascularization (CNV). So far there is a lack of definitions on how a differentiated quantification of the associated morphological changes can best be carried out. This pilot study aimed to define the most appropriate imaging modalities.

Quantitative Comparison of the Vascular Structure of Macular Neovascularizations Between Swept-Source and Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to ascertain and quantify the differences between swept-source (SS) and spectral-domain (SD) optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) imaging of macular neovascularizations (MNV) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Patients And Methods: SD-OCTA (RTVue Avanti) and SS-OCTA (PLEX Elite 9000) were performed in 37 patients with MNV in nAMD. The MNV was delineated and the data were processed via ImageJ.

Analysis of the Vascular Morphology of the Fibrotic Choroidal Neovascularization in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.

Purpose: Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) undergoing anti-VEGF therapy transforms into a fibrotic lesion. This fibrovascular transformation is associated with a great variety of functional and morphological effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the vascular morphology of fibrotic CNV, to compare it with its surrounding tissue and to identify phenotypes using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Morphologic analysis of macular neovascularizations by OCT angiography-Technical limitations in the comparison of 3×3mm and 6×6mm images.

Background: The aim of this study was to ascertain whether there are relevant differences between the vascular morphology of macular neovascularizations (MNV) in 3×3mm and 6×6mm images, produced by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Methods: MNV of 49 patients were automated quantitative analysed, measuring area, flow, the fractal dimension, average vessel length, vascular density, and average vessel caliber. These parameters were compared between the 3×3mm and the 6×6mm images.

[Influence of CNV vascular morphology in exudative age-related macular degeneration on development of visual acuity and need for anti-VEGF therapy after 1 year].

Background: The aim of this pilot study was to investigate vascular morphological characteristics of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) at the time of the initial diagnosis of exudative age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), which enable a prognosis for the development of visual acuity and the necessity for treatment in the first year.

Methods: In 57 patients with the initial diagnosis of nAMD, CNV was detected by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and an automated quantitative vessel analysis was performed with respect to area, total vessel length, flow value and average vessel caliber of the CNV. After 12 months patients were divided into 2 groups based on visual acuity (visual loss vs.

Changes in the OCT angiographic appearance of type 1 and type 2 CNV in exudative AMD during anti-VEGF treatment.

Objective: Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) enables detailed visualisation of the vascular structure of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV). The aim of this study was to determine whether mathematically ascertained OCT-A vascular parameters of type 1 and type 2 CNV in exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) change during antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment. The OCT-A vascular parameters were also compared with previously obtained activity parameters (fluid distribution on spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT)) to establish whether they could potentially be used as further 'activity parameters' for assessment of anti-VEGF treatment.

[Are There Different Phenotypes in Geographic Atrophy of AMD? - Pilot Study on Differentiation Using Multimodal Imaging].

Background: Geographic atrophy (GA) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) involves a loss of photoreceptors (PR), retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choriocapillaris (CC). For treatment decisions, it is crucial to discern which of these layers the damage originates, subsequently spreading to the others. It has long been thought that the RPE, with its accumulation of lipofuscin, is the site of primary damage in the development of GA.

Optical coherence tomography angiography of types 1 and 2 choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration during anti-VEGF therapy: evaluation of a new quantitative method.

Purpose: The aim of this pilot study was to test whether mathematical parameters of the vascular morphology of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) can be used as biomarkers and to investigate how these parameters change during anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy.

Methods: Treatment-naive CNV in exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was diagnosed in 28 patients. OCT-angiography (OCT-A) (Avanti/FA Optovue) performed before and after anti-VEGF therapy.

RANIBIZUMAB IN PIGMENT EPITHELIAL TEARS SECONDARY TO AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION: A Prospective Study.

Purpose: To assess efficacy of intravitreal ranibizumab in retinal pigment epithelium tears secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: The Ranibizumab In Pigment epithelial tears secondary to age-related macular degeneration (RIP) study is a prospective, single-arm, multicenter, investigator-initiated trial. Twenty four eyes of 24 patients with a retinal pigment epithelium tear secondary to age-related macular degeneration received monthly intravitreal injection of 0.

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF VITAL DYES AFTER UNEVENTFUL VITREOMACULAR SURGERY.

Purpose: Vital dyes have become a clinical standard during chromovitrectomy but toxicity remains an issue. We compared the clinical outcome of one supposedly toxic vital dye (AV 17 with 5% mannitol) with a standard vital dye (MBB Dual) and performed a power analysis for future comparative studies.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of 270 eyes after chromovitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling because of macular holes.

[OCT Angiography of RPE Tears in Exudative AMD: Morpohological Analysis of the Choriocapillaris and the RPE].

Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tears are a typical complication of vascular pigment epithelium detachment in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). During proactive intense anti-VEGF therapy, stabilisation or improvement of function may occur. With the new method of OCT angiography (OCT-A), retinal vessels and flow density can be quantified.

[Changes in OCT Angiography of Type 2 CNV in Neovascular AMD during Anti-VEGF Treatment].

OCT-A is a new method to visualise the 2D and 3D structures of neovascular complexes in exudative AMD. The aim of the present study was to characterise type 2 CNV in different 2D segmentations and in 3D imaging and to investigate changes during anti-VEGF treatment. 12 patients with type 2 CNV in FA and SD-OCT were selected.

[Exudative AMD in OCT Angiography].

OCT angiography provides a combination of vascular and structural information. In contrast to conventional fluorescein angiography, there is no need for dye injection to give an image of choroidal neovascularisation. Although there is currently no classification of OCT angiography, different neovascular patterns can be observed, with criteria for activity.

Characteristics of type 1 and 2 CNV in exudative AMD in OCT-Angiography.

Background: With FA and SD-OCT, different types of CNV in exudative AMD may be differentiated: type 1 CNV (within the sub-RPE space, typically corresponding to angiographically occult CNV), type 2 CNV (within the subretinal space, typically corresponding to angiographically classic CNV) and type 3 NV (intraretinal retinal angiomatous proliferation). OCT-angiography (OCT-A) is a new method to visualize vasculature based on flow characteristics. A correlation of type 1 and 2 CNV was performed.

RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL TEAR AND ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR THERAPY IN EXUDATIVE AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION: Clinical Course and Long-Term Prognosis.

Background: To document the long-term outcome in cases of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) tears after treatment of vascularized pigment epithelial detachments with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of the long-term outcome of a consecutive series of eyes with RPE tear developed during anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for pigment epithelial detachment associated with choroidal neovascularization or retinal angiomatous proliferation (vascularized pigment epithelial detachment) was performed. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and autofluorescence images and also fluorescein angiograms were analyzed to determine the functional and morphologic development over time.

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHANGES IN MACULAR VASCULATURE IN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY- AND FLUORESCEIN- ANGIOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MACULAR PIGMENT IN TYPE 2 IDIOPATHIC MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA.

Purpose: We investigate the association between morphologic findings in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) as a new method offering the visualization of deeper layers of retinal vasculature and fluorescein angiography (FA) and macular pigment imaging and in Type 2 macular telangiectasia.

Methods: Fourty-two eyes of 21 patients with macular telangiectasia (38-68 years, 14 female) were examined by FA and OCTA and 24 eyes additionally with dual-wavelength autofluorescence. Early and late FA, macular pigment density images, and (after segmentation of retinal vasculature into superficial and deep capillary network and outer) OCTA images were graded into standardized categories.

Long-term visual course after anti-VEGF therapy for exudative AMD in clinical practice evaluation of the German reinjection scheme.

Background: In phase III trials, the therapeutic efficacy of anti-VEGF therapy with ranibizumab (Lucentis) in patients with choroidal neovascularization due to AMD was demonstrated in a 24-month period with monthly injections. Other studies and models suggested that flexible reinjection regimens can provide similar visual results. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the flexible, predominantly visual acuity-driven ranibizumab retreatment regimen in clinical practice in Germany.

Intravitreal and orbital floor triamcinolone acetonide injections in noninfectious uveitis: a comparative study.

Purpose: To compare the effect of orbital floor (OFTA) or intravitreal (IVTA) administration of triamcinolone acetonide on visual acuity and chronic cystoid macular edema (CME) in patients with uveitis.

Methods: Retrospective study of patients suffering from chronic noninfectious uveitis in whom CME (n = 97) did not respond to systemic corticosteroids and/or immunosuppression combined with acetazolamide. Patients received a single injection of either IVTA (n = 48, group 1) or OFTA (n = 49, group 2).

Foveal RPE autofluorescence as a prognostic factor for anti-VEGF therapy in exudative AMD.

Background: Autofluorescence (AF) of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) are thought to reflect metabolic activity of the RPE cells, which in turn is largely driven by photoreceptor outer segment renewal. In exudative AMD, choroidal new vessels (CNV) may be confined to Bruch's membrane, or transgress the RPE, with consequence loss of photoreceptor cells. It has been suggested that they may be distinguished with autofluorescence imaging.

Pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal triamcinolone: effect on uveitic cystoid macular oedema and treatment limitations.

Objective: To investigate the effect of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in combination with intraoperative intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection on the course of cystoid macular oedema (CME) in patients with uveitis.

Methods: Patients with uveitis with CME (n = 19) not responding to systemic corticosteroids and/or immunosuppression combined with acetazolamide were retrospectively studied after PPV with additional intravitreal injection of 4 mg triamcinolone acetonide. Patients had chronic anterior uveitis (n = 4), intermediate uveitis (n = 9), posterior uveitis (n = 3) or panuveitis (n = 3).