Visual Functions after Laser Photocoagulation in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Autor: Dagmar Hejcmanová, Markéta Macháčková, Eva Rencová, Georgia Kyprianou, Hana Langrová
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Acta Medica, Vol 53, Iss 3, Pp 139-145 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 18059694
1211-4286
1805-9694
DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2016.73
Popis: The authors evalute the visual functions of patients with unilateral central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) and compare them with their non-affected eye and with a control group. Fourteen patients with CSC treated with direct laserphotocoagulation were examined preoperatively and followed-up, up to 2 years postoperatively. Baseline best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and contrast sensitivity (CS) of both eyes of patients was significantly lower in comparison with the controls. BCVA and CS in affected eyes were significantly lower compared to the fellow eye of patients. The final BCVA and CS of patients did not differ significantly from the controls, except CS of affected eyes in the spatial frequency of 3.69 c/deg. Two years after laser treatment, there were only nonsignificant differences of both photopic full-field electroretinography (phERG) and multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) responses between the treated, the nonaffected eye of the patients and the control group with exception of a significantly longer P1 implicit time in the parafoveolar region in affected eyes. Colour discrimination was normal in 85.8% of affected eyes of the patients. Despite a significant improvement of macular function in CSC eyes, functional examination methods do not prove complete resolution of function 2 years after laser-treatment.
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