Submacular surgery trials randomized pilot trial of laser photocoagulation versus surgery for recurrent choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration: i. ophthalmic outcomes submacular surgery trials pilot study report number 122Funding for the Submacular Surgery Trials Pilot Study was provided through awards R21 EY10823 and U10 EY 11547 from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and by donations to the Submacular Surgery Trials Research Fund from Alcon, Ft. Worth, Texas; Altsheller-Durrell Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky; Baylor College, Department of Ophthalmology, Houston, Texas; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; Duke Eye Center, Durham, North Carolina; Grieshaber and Company, Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Humana of Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky; Ohio State University, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbus, Ohio; Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York; Retina Associates of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio; Retina Associates of Florida, Tampa, Florida; Retina-Vitreous Consultants, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Richardson Family Trust, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Scheie Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research Fund, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Synergetics, Inc., St. Charles, Missouri; University of Miami, Department of Ophthalmology, Miami, Florida; William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan; and the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute’s Clinical Trials and Biometry Research Fund, Macular Research Fund, and Vitreoretinal Gift Fund, Baltimore, Maryland.