SURGICAL REMOVAL AND PHOTODYNAMIC METHOD FOR TREATING SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULAR MEMBRANES Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves building tunnel to posterior eyeball pole in inferoexterior and superexterior quadrants. The tunnel is used for implanting flexible polymer magnetolaser implant to the place, the subretinal neovascular membrane is localized. The implant has a permanent magnet shaped as a cut ring and is provided with drug delivery system and a short focus scattering lens of laser radiator connected to light guide. The permanent implant magnet is axially magnetized and produces permanent magnetic field of 5-7 mTesla units intensity. It is arranged with its north pole turned towards sclera at the place of the subretinal neovascular membrane projection with extrascleral arrangement of laser radiator lens membrane being provided in the subretinal neovascular membrane projection area. The other implant end is sutured to sclera 5-6 mm far from the limb via holes made in advance. The implant is covered with conjunctiva and retention sutures are placed thereon. Light guide and drug supply system lead is attached to temple with any known method applied. Drugs are supplied via the implant drug supply system in retrobulbary way in any order. Triombrast is given in the amount of 0,4-0,6 ml and dexamethasone or dexone in the amount of 0,4-0,6 ml during 3-4 days every 12 h. 0.1-1% aqueous solution of khlorin is intravenously introduced at the third-fourth day after setting the implant as photosensitizer, selected from group containing photolon, radachlorine or photoditazine, at a bolus dose of 0.8-1.1 mg/kg. Visual control of subretinal neovascular membrane cells fluorescence is carried out by applying fluorescent diagnosis methods. After saturating the subretinal neovascular membrane with the photosensitizer to maximum saturation level, intravitreous, transretinal laser radiation of 661-666 nm large wavelength is applied at general dose of 30-120 J/cm². The flexible polymer magnetolaser implant is removed and sutures are placed on conjunctiva. Permanent magnet of the flexible polymer magnetolaser implant is manufactured from samarium-cobalt, samarium-iron-nitrogen or neodymium-iron-boron system material. The photosensitizer is repeatedly intravenously introduced at the same dose in 2-3 days after the first laser radiation treatment. Visual intraocular neoplasm cells fluorescence control is carried out using fluorescent diagnosis techniques. Maximum level of saturation with the photosensitizer being achieved in the subretinal neovascular membrane via laser light guide and implant lens, repeated laser irradiation of the subretinal neovascular membrane is carried out with radiation dose of 30-60 J/cm².

EFFECT: accelerated subretinal edema and hemorrhages resorption; regression and obliteration of the subretinal neovascular membrane; prolonged vision function stabilization.

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