Women, smokers have higher rates of conversion from dry to wet AMD in fellow eye

NEW YORK — Some groups of patients, including women and smokers, have higher rates of conversion from nonexudative to exudative age-related macular degeneration in their fellow eye, according to a study.
Dan Gong, MD, presented the results of an IRIS Registry retrospective analysis at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting that focused on fellow eye conversion of patients with unilateral exudative AMD.
“The clinical and research questions I’ve become most interested in asking and answering are motivated by what I hear from patients in the clinic,” he