Macular grid laser photocoagulation in uveitis
| Autor: | Maria S. A. Suttorp-Schulten, Aize Kijlstra, E.J. Feron, A. Rothova, F. Postema |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures Eye disease medicine.medical_treatment Visual Acuity Macular Edema Uveitis Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience medicine Humans Fluorescein Angiography Macular edema Retrospective Studies Laser Coagulation medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged Fluorescein angiography medicine.disease Sensory Systems eye diseases Surgery Ophthalmology Chronic Disease Maculopathy Female sense organs medicine.symptom business Laser coagulation Retinopathy Research Article Follow-Up Studies |
| Popis: | AIMS/BACKGROUND--The aim of this study was to evaluate whether grid laser photocoagulation of the macula is beneficial in the treatment of cystoid macular oedema in patients with uveitis. METHODS--Six eyes of five patients with long standing cystoid macular oedema due to chronic uveitis were treated by grid laser photocoagulation of the macula. RESULTS--In the first weeks after treatment a temporary increase of oedema and paracentral scotomas were observed. At the long term follow up of more than 18 months in all patients, macular oedema had been reduced significantly or disappeared in all eyes treated. One eye had a significant increase in Snellen acuity, three eyes more or less stabilised, and two eyes deteriorated. CONCLUSION--The beneficial effect of laser treatment on visual acuity in patients with uveitis might be more favourable if performed at an earlier stage of the disease. |
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