Researchers from King's, with doctors at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, have successfully used a new robot system to improve treatment for debilitating eye disease.
Globally, around 196 million people have AMD and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists estimates that the disease affects more than 700,000 people in the UK. The number of people with AMD is expected to increase 60% by 2035, due to the country's ageing population. The study found that the robotically controlled device saves the NHS £565 for each patient treated over the first two years, as it results in fewer injections.
"Patients generally accept that they need to have eye injections to help preserve their vision, but frequent hospital attendance and repeated eye injections isn't something they enjoy. By better stabilising the disease and reducing its activity, the new treatment could reduce the number of injections people need by about a quarter. Hopefully, this discovery will reduce the burden of treatment that patients have to endure.
This study was led by researchers from King's College London and doctors at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the University of Oxford, the University of Bristol and Queen's University in Belfast.
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