Table 2.
Mean (standard deviation) number of anti-VEGF therapy and PDT in the regimen of anti-VEGF monotherapy and the regimen of combination therapy for various subtypes of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy during the 6-year period.
| Subtype 1 | Subtype 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-VEGF monotherapy | Combination therapy | Anti-VEGF monotherapy | Combination therapy | |||
| Anti-VEGF therapy | PDT | Anti-VEGF therapy | PDT | |||
| Year 1 | 2.73 (1.10) | 4.62 (3.10) | 1.00 (0) | 2.62 (2.57) | 2.40 (1.84) | 1.00 (0) |
| Year 2 | 1.09 (1.14) | 1.77 (1.88) | 0 (0) | 0.62 (1.19) | 1.10 (1.10) | 0.20 (0.42) |
| Year 3 | 1.82 (1.94) | 1.54 (1.76) | 0.15 (0.38) | 0.69 (1.55) | 0.40 (0.70) | 0.10 (0.32) |
| Year 4 | 1.27 (2.00) | 1.46 (1.56) | 0 (0) | 0.23 (0.60) | 1.60 (2.91) | 0.20 (0.42) |
| Year 5 | 0.91 (1.22) | 1.00 (1.08) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.90 (0.99) | 0 (0) |
| Year 6 | 0.91 (1.38) | 0.62 (0.51) | 0 (0) | 0.15 (0.38) | 0.70 (1.06) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 8.73 (6.17) | 11.00 (4.24) | 1.15 (0.38) | 4.31 (3.71) | 7.10 (5.97) | 1.50 (0.71) |
PDT, photodynamic therapy; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.