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Posterior capsule opacity and choroidal neovascularization in patients with age-related macular degeneration.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging
March 2006
Department of Ophthalmology, Western Galilee-Nahariya Medical Center and Leumit Health Care System, Jerusalem, Israel.
Background And Objective: To present a series of 3 patients with the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in whom choroidal neovascularization (CNV) was observed following neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) capsulotomy.
Patients And Methods: Three consecutive patients aged 80 to 87 years (average = 83.7 years) with hard drusen or retinal pigment epithelial changes underwent uneventful cataract extraction between 6 months and 20 years before undergoing Nd:YAG capsulotomy for posterior capsule opacity.