Abstract
To describe the change in the retinal morphology after full macular translocation (FMT) for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and identify predictive factors for the visual outcome. All patients who underwent FMT from December 2008 through July 2013 were selected. Exclusion criteria were FMT for other disease than AMD, age <60years, <12months of follow-up or no available images. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence, fluorangiography and indocyanine green angiography were evaluated. In total, 51 patients were included with a mean follow-up of 30months. The presence of the external limiting membrane (ELM) was a significant predictor for a favourable visual outcome 1year after FMT (OR=-0.30). Other significant predictive factors were the absence of intraretinal fluid (OR=0.28) and the mixed choroidal neovascularization type (OR=-0.47), whereas nonresponders (OR=0.41) and fibrotic lesions (OR=0.35) were less likely to have a good visual function after surgery. Full macular translocation (FMT), that permits to relocate the diseased macula onto an area of unaffected retinal pigment epithelial and choroid, can restore the anatomy and visual function in some patients with AMD when the outer retina layers are not irreversibly damaged. The presence of the ELM seems to be the most reliable factor in predicting the functional outcome.
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