Photodynamic therapy as a treatment option for peripapillary pachychoroid syndrome: a pilot study

• Published in: Eye (London) Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 716 - 723
• Main Authors: Iovino, Claudio, Peiretti, Enrico, Tatti, Filippo, Querques, Giuseppe, Borrelli, Enrico, Sacconi, Riccardo, Chhablani, Jay, Agrawal, Hitesh, Boon, Camiel J. F., van Dijk, Elon H. C., Cennamo, Gilda, Lupidi, Marco, Muzi, Alessio, Di Iorio, Valentina, Iglicki, Matias, Smadar, Lital, Loewenstein, Anat, Zur, Dinah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/409; 692/699/3161/3175; Acuity; Eye; Fluorescein Angiography; Humans; Laboratory Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Ophthalmology; Patients; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Photochemotherapy - methods; Photodynamic therapy; Photosensitizing Agents - therapeutic use; Pilot Projects; Porphyrins; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Success; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Treatment Outcome; Verteporfin - therapeutic use; Visual Acuity

Background To investigate the anatomical and functional results in eyes with peripapillary pachychoroid syndrome (PPS) undergoing photodynamic therapy (PDT). Methods A total of 25 eyes from 23 patients with PPS treated with PDT were retrospectively evaluated in this multicentric study. Main outcome...