Three-Year Outcomes of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatment in Polish Therapeutic Programs.

: Wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) is a chronic, progressive disease of the central part of the retina. Standard treatment for wAMD consists of multiple intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs. The study goal was to evaluate the three-year effectiveness of wAMD treatment with aflibercept and ranibizumab as part of the therapeutic program in routine clinical practice.

One-year outcomes of the Polish treatment program for the wet form of age-related macular degeneration using intravitreal therapy.

Purpose: To report 12-month outcomes of a Polish National Treatment Program using aflibercept and ranibizumab in eyes with wet, age-related macular degeneration in routine clinical practice.

Material And Methods: This was a non-randomized, retrospective, observational multicenter study. Anonymous data contained in the electronic Therapeutic Program Monitoring System were utilized in this study.

Effect of Phacoemulsification on Visual Acuity and Macular Morphology in Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

BACKGROUND This article discusses the effectiveness of phacoemulsification cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration in the inactive phase of the disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-nine patients (50 eyes) aged 78.94±5.

[New trends in bariatric surgery].

The surgical treatment of obesity reaches the 50th of last century. The first operations were based on significant shortening of digestive tract and were associated with many metabolic disturbances. The growing epidemic of obesity was the most decisive factor for the development of bariatric surgery.