DIABETIC retinopathy is a common cause of blindness. The introduction of photocoagulation treatment has stimulated interest in this condition and several well designed and properly controlled studies have shown that either xenon arc or argon laser photocoagulation therapy can arrest or delay the progression of diabetic retinopathy.1-7 This treatment is now available at many centres in the UK, a...

Laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has been proven to be beneficial. We present a case of uncommon, progressive anterior eye segment complication treated with diode laser photocoagulation for ROP which subsequently required surgical management. A 1210 g premature infant, born at 28 weeks of gestation, had bilateral stage 3 threshold ROP on his first screening, at 5 weeks of ag...

introduction:  laser  interstitial  thermotherapy  (litt)  is  an  internal  ablation  therapy  method  consisting of a percutaneous or intraoperative insertion of laser fibers directly into the liver tumor with  maximum diameter of 5 cm. in this treatment method, there isn’t any general information about the  relationship  between  increasing  the  exposure  power,  coagulation  and  carboniza...

a: Recent studies of choroidal neovascultization (CNV) associated with high myopia suggest that laser weatment can be effective in the management of selected cases. Nevertheless, visual outcome of treated cases during follow-up tends to be jeopardtzed by extension of laser scars. This study was designed to clarify the visual prognosis during long-rem? followup of myopic CNV treated by laser pho...

a: Recent studies of choroidal neovascultization (CNV) associated with high myopia suggest that laser weatment can be effective in the management of selected cases. Nevertheless, visual outcome of treated cases during follow-up tends to be jeopardtzed by extension of laser scars. This study was designed to clarify the visual prognosis during long-rem? followup of myopic CNV treated by laser pho...

Photocoagulation is an accepted method of local treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. It has been shown that 73 25 per cent. of eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy have new vessels on the optic disc at the initial visit (Taylor and Dobree, I970). These vessels cannot be treated directly by photocoagulation. Aiello, Beetham, Balodimos, Chazan, and Bradley (I969) treated all ...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether photocoagulation of the retinal nonperfusion area suppresses ocular vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in a rabbit retinal vein occlusion (RVO) model. Methods The retinas of pigmented rabbits were made ischemic by a laser on the main branch of retinal veins following intravenous injection of Rose Bengal. The eyes were...