Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin for Choroidal Neovascularization of Pathologic Myopia in Japanese Patients: Comparison with Nontreated Controls

These results indicate that PDT was beneficial for maintaining vision in Japanese patients with myopic CNV. The visual outcome after PDT was better than the natural course of the disease as determined from untreated controls. The effect on chorioretinal atrophy around CNV should be investigated with a long-term study.