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Letter to the Editor
Foveal translocation with secondary confluent laser for subfoveal CNV in AMD: 12 month follow up
  1. DAVID WONG,
  2. SIMON HARDING,
  3. IAN GRIERSON
  1. St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP
  1. Mr Wong shdwong{at}mail.msn.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.84.6.667d

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    Editor,—Foveal relocation surgery for the treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) secondary to age related macular degeneration (AMD) has received significant publicity in the lay press and has given rise to some controversy reported in theBJO.1 We describe the 12 month follow up of a case reported in the press in December 1998.

    CASE REPORT

    Mr JB, a 70 year old retired dentist was referred from another unit on 31 August 1998 with AMD and a history of poor vision for 5 years in the right eye and 5 months in the left. Refraction visual acuity was right eye 5/60 (+1.50/+1.50), left eye 6/60 (+2.25 sphere), Snellen equivalent. Figure 1A shows a subfoveal pure classic CNV of less than 1 disc area in extent in the left eye. The right eye was affected by end stage fibrotic scar. After full discussion …

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