The role of surgery in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration

The place of surgery in DMLA amounts to the surgical treatment of choroidal neovascular membranes and submacular hemorrhage. After a brief historical review, the different techniques currently used are described, but indications have become rarer since the development of dynamic phototherapy. However, despite a high complication rate, these surgical methods should not disappear from our therapeutic arsenal because they have proved their ability to restore good visual acuity.