Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in pachychoroid: combined treatment with photodynamic therapy and aflibercept.

Maria Vadalà Massimo Castellucci Giulia Guarrasi Giovanni Cillino Vincenza Maria Elena Bonfiglio Alessandra Casuccio Salvatore Cillino

Published in: International ophthalmology (2022)

The results support the use of a combined therapy with Aflibercept and PDT in PPCV. This treatment would act in synergy, with anti-VEGF controlling exudation and PDT closing the aneurysmal vessel and reducing choroidal congestion.

Keyphrases

photodynamic therapy
age related macular degeneration
optical coherence tomography
stem cells
combination therapy
fluorescence imaging
vascular endothelial growth factor