The following inclusion criteria were considered for the treatment: patients older than 50 years of age, presence of CNV secondary to AMD, presence of classic lesion components in the CNV (defined as a well-demarcated area of the fluorescence on angiography), CNV located subfoveally (involved the geometric centre of the foveal avascular zone), area of classic plus occult CNV ≥ 50% of the total lesion surface, greatest linear dimension of the entire lesion ≤ 9 Macular Photocoagulation Study (MPS) disc area, and a best-corrected visual acuity between 34 and 73 letters (i. e. approximately 20/ 40 and 20/ 200) in the treated eye.