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Friday, September 02, 2005
Study Findings on Retinal Surgery in Older Patients
Canadian researchers report that surgery to remove abnormal blood vessels in the eye, known as choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVM), is not as successful in some older patients.
"Most patients over 65 with CNVM have AMD, but in those in whom another cause is felt to be present, they do not appear to have the same potential for visual improvement that the younger patients do," says Dr. Thomas Sheidow, an ophthalmologist at the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario.'Retinal surgery less effective in older patients' (Macleans.ca, 1 September 2005).
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