A Clinical study on Therapeutic Effect of the Argon Laser Photocoagulation for Prevention of Vitreous Hemorrhage in BRVO.
- Author:
Yong Man LEE
1
;
Gwang Ju CHOI
;
Hi Mo YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Hospital, Kwang Ju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion;
Laser photocoagulation;
Vitreous hemorrhage
- MeSH:
Argon*;
Capillaries;
Diabetic Retinopathy;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Light Coagulation*;
Macular Edema;
Outpatients;
Retinal Vein;
Retinaldehyde;
Visual Acuity;
Vitreous Hemorrhage*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1995;36(1):52-57
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Branch retinal vein occlusion(BRVO) is the most frequent entity of retinal vascular abnormality following diabetic retinopathy; a review of diagnosis for all our new outpatients verifies this, Sudden loss of visual acuity occur in the vast majority of BRVO patients. Other complications are macular edema, capillary nonperfusion, neovascularization, vitreous hemorrhage and so on. We did a clinical analysis of 71 patients with BRVO(71 eyes), who were considered to be treated with laser photocoagulation to prevent vitreous hemorrhage. We confirmed the fact that laser photocoagulation could prevent vitreous hemorrhage to a significant degree, but we were unable to demonstrate any statistical correlation between the occurrence of vitreous hemorrhage and the time of laser photocoagulation.
