PURPOSE To develop a technique for noninvasive and real-time monitoring of chorioretinal temperature in transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT). METHOD A modified slit lamp, which was equipped with two laser wavelengths (490 nm for illumination and fluorescein excitation and 810 nm for hyperthermia), was developed for TTT and temperature monitoring. Five types of liposomes were prepared, and their...

BACKGROUND Surgery for bromhidrosis has a high risk of complications such as hematoma and necrosis. New nonsurgical methods may reduce the burden on surgery and the risks for the patient. OBJECTIVE This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and side-effects of the 1,444 nm Nd:YAG interstitial laser for treating axillary bromhidrosis. METHODS Eighteen bromhidrosis patients were treate...

BACKGROUND Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) has been traditionally treated with laser photocoagulation. We thought that transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) utilizing a lower temperature than that of conventional laser photocoagulation might minimize permanent retinal and choroidal damage. Studies suggest that undesirable effects on vision due to TTT are minimal even if it is applied to fov...

Objective This study investigated the efficacy of low-dose transpupillary thermotherapy in Asian eyes diagnosed with subfoveal retinal-pigment epithelial detachment. Methods Records of seven patients from different medical institutions were included in this nonrandomized retrospective series. All patients were diagnosed to have unilateral retinal-pigment epithelial detachment and underwent trea...

OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy of a low-cost heating pack device used for thermotherapy in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS The study was conducted at the Department of Dermatology, Civil Hospital Sukkur, Pakistan, from April 20, 2012, to January 3, 2013. Thermotherapy with Hand-Held Exothermic Crystallisation Therapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis was performed on each lesion ...

PURPOSE To report the outcome of pediatric patients with retinoblastoma refractory to traditional local therapy who were treated with indocyanine green (ICG)-enhanced thermotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective review of a case series of 3 patients with bilateral retinoblastoma who were treated with ICG-enhanced thermotherapy after showing no response to conventional chemothe...