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Surgery for Macular Degeneration Complications Doesn't Improve VisionCreated:November 29, 2004According to the results of nationwide clinical trials sponsored by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, vision doesn't improve substantially for patients who have age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and who undergo surgery to remove lesions of new blood vessels, scar tissue or possible bleeding beneath the retina. The NEI-funded Submacular Surgery Trials (SST) investigated the outcomes of surgery being practiced by retinal surgeons to remove choroidal neovascularization that are linked with AMD and other causes. The journal Ophthalmology published four of a total of six main result papers on the SST. The four papers address surgery for two groups of AMD patients (454 patients who had centrally located lesions that weren't predominantly blood and 336 patients who had more extensive bleeding under the retina). |