Photocoagulation treatment for clinically significant radiation macular oedema
| Autor: | A M Arnold, R W Zamber, James L. Kinyoun, William E. Barlow, B S Lawrence |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity Radiation retinopathy genetic structures Adolescent Fundus Oculi medicine.medical_treatment Eye disease Visual Acuity Light Coagulation Retina Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Macula Lutea Retinal Diseases Ophthalmology medicine Edema Humans Radiation Injuries Aged Radiotherapy business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Sensory Systems eye diseases Surgery Radiation therapy Treatment Outcome Maculopathy Female sense organs medicine.symptom Complication business Retinopathy Research Article |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of ophthalmology. 79(2) |
| ISSN: | 0007-1161 |
| Popis: | Macular oedema is a leading cause of vision loss in patients with radiation retinopathy. In an effort to find an effective treatment for this vision threatening complication, 12 eyes (eight patients) were treated with photocoagulation for clinically significant radiation macular oedema (CSRMO) defined as central macular thickening, exudates threatening the macular centre, or one disc area of thickening in the macula. Median visual acuity improved from 20/100 preoperatively to 20/90 at the initial postoperative examination (mean follow up 5 months) and to 20/75 at the final postoperative examination (mean follow up 39 months). At the final postoperative examination, visual acuity had improved in eight (67%) eyes and six (50%) eyes had complete resolution of the CSRMO; two (17%) other eyes had improved anatomically in that fewer CSRMO criteria were present. These results suggest that macular photocoagulation is effective in decreasing macular oedema and improving vision in eyes with CSRMO. |
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