Laser photocoagulation of senile macular degeneration.

Senile disciform macular degeneration: features indicating suitability for photocoagulation.

During a 1-year period 398 new patients were seen with disciform macular degeneration (530 eyes). The lesions were studied retrospectively, and those in which the neovascular tissue did not underlie the fovea, and therefore were treatable, were identified. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) Treatment is possible in most patients with good acuity and few with poor acuity. (2) Treatment is...

Treatment of senile disciform macular degeneration: a single-blind randomised trial by argon laser photocoagulation. The Moorfields Macular Study Group.

Recent advances in the treatment of senile disciform macular degeneration by photocoagulation.

In senile disciform macular degeneration the retina and pigment epithelium are elevated by serous fluid, which arises from subpigment epithelial fibrovascular tissue originating from the choroid. Disciform macular degeneration was described in the igth century (Oeller, I893) and yet by 1939, when the "Text-Book of Ophthalmology" was being written, Duke-Elder (I940) could find only I30 cases in ...

Diode laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular oedema.

AIMS This study aimed to investigate whether diode laser irradiation, which is poorly absorbed by haemoglobin, can induce closure of leaking retinal microvascular lesions in the treatment of diabetic macular oedema. METHODS Thirty three eyes with clinically significant diabetic macular oedema were treated with a diode laser. Fundus evaluation before and after treatment included visual acuity,...

Continuous-Wave Photocoagulation of CNV AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

Spanish/English Nineteen patients underwent diode laser treatment for choroidal neovascular membranes due to age-related macular degeneration, pathologic myopia and central serous choroidopathy. During a follow-up of 6 months, visual acuity was measured and Amsler grid test, biomicroscopy and angiograms were performed to evaluate the effect of the treatment. Results were evaluated according to ...