Surgery, pneumatic displacement both effective for submacular hemorrhage

CHICAGO — Surgery and pneumatic displacement both showed benefits in the treatment of submacular hemorrhage in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration, according to a study presented here.
At the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Catherine Creuzot-Garcher, MD, PhD, said there is currently no consensus on the management of submacular hemorrhage in neovascular AMD.
“We know that we need to treat these patients very quickly with an intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF,” she said. “But there have been many different treatments proposed, like pneumatic

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