Panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) is a standard treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Conventional laser (CL) therapy is performed in one or more sessions in single spot mode. Visual disabilities have been reported after treatment with CL, including central vision loss due to macular edema and peripheral visual field loss resulting from extensive inner retinal scarring. Multispot la...

126 cases of retinal breaks treated in our department by photocoagulation during a period of 10 years (1963-1973) were selected for a close annual follow-up. Eliminated from the study were cases of macular holes, breaks which developed in an eye after retinal detachment surgery, and cases in which a close follow-up was impossible for various reasons. The study includes symptomatic retinal break...

Objectives: Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) is one of the leading causes blindness and visual loss. Panretinal Photocoagulation (PRP) reduces risk severe vision loss in PDR. Good acuity results can improve vision-related quality life. The objective this study to evaluate effect laser PRP on patients with PDR Methods: In prospective study, 30 (12 men 18 women) treated were included (mea...

The course of proliferative diabetic retinopathy involving the optic disc was followed, and the response to peripheral retinal photocoagulation monitored by argon laser in 11 patients during and after 13 pregnancies. Traditional obstetric practice assumes that pregnancy is a stimulus to irreversible progression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and that timely abortion and sterilisation ar...

Laser retinal photocoagulation is the gold standard treatment for diabetic retinopathy. We describe 3 cases in which bullous exudative retinal detachment (ERD) developed after pattern scan laser photocoagulation (PASCAL) in diabetic retinopathy. ERD spontaneously resolved in all 3 cases with various visual courses. This case series highlights 2 key points: first, ERD can occur regardless of gen...

B eing a retinal specialist entails mastering a multitude of techniques and everemerging technologies to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. This process begins during residency, when operating foreign equipment such as the slit lamp and indirect ophthalmoscope become second nature. In our typical workweek, we utilize dozens of technologies to diagnose, manage, and treat our pa...