Effect of Photodynamic Therapy and Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide on Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-related Macular Degeneration

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and visual outcome of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide combined with photodynamic therapy for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Methods: We evaluated 32 eyes of 32 patients with choroidal neovascularization due to age-related maculardegeneration. The study group received photodynamic therapy and intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide(combined group), while the control group received photodynamic therapy only (PDT group). Results: Three months after treatment, no difference was detected between the two groups in visual acuity changes (p>0.05), but the leakage in fluorescein angiography and macular edema in optical coherent tomography decreased (p