Long term effectiveness of photocoagulation for diabetic maculopathy

Xenon arc photocoagulation in the treatment of diabetic maculopathy.

Diabetic maculopathy.

Long-term visual outcome in proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients after panretinal photocoagulation.

BACKGROUND There is the need for a long-term study on the visual outcome of panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) for proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) patients. CASES We retrospectively reviewed the clinical course and visual results in 66 eyes of 59 patients with PDR who were followed-up for at least 10 years after argon or krypton laser PRP. OBSERVATIONS Thirty-nine eyes had stage B-I...

Xenon arc photocoagulation for the treatment of diabetic maculopathy. Interim report of a multicentre controlled clinical study.

The results of a randomised controlled clinical study in the treatment of diabetic maculopathy are reported. Ninety-nine patients with two similarly affected eyes had one--chosen by random procedure--treated, while the other was left as an untreated control. Visual acuity was maintained in the treated eyes, while it deteriorated in the untreated eyes, reaching over 2 lines difference after 4 ye...

Photocoagulation and diabetic retinopathy.