The Effect of PRP on the Absorption of Vitreous Hemorrhage in Rabbit Eyes.
- Author:
Young Hyun WHANG
1
;
Ha Kyoung KIM
;
Hyung Chan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Kang-nam Sacred Heart Hospital College of Medicine, Hallym Unversity, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Blood retinal barrier;
PRP;
Vitreous hemorrhage
- MeSH:
Absorption*;
Animal Experimentation;
Blood-Retinal Barrier;
Choroid;
Rabbits;
Retinal Pigment Epithelium;
Vitreous Hemorrhage*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1993;34(9):834-838
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The panretinal photocoagulation(PRP) is known to increase the absorption of fluid through the retinal pigment epithelium by destroying blood retinal barrier. Therefore we thought that PRP could increase vitreoretinal choroidal outflow in vitreous hemorrhage. In order to investigate the effect of PRP on the absorption of vitreous hemorrhage, we performed animal experiment with 12 rabbits divided into 4 groups, and the results were as follows; 1) In phakic eyes, the vitreous hemorrhage was absorbed faster in group with PRP than in group without PRP(p<0.05). 2) The vitreous hemorrhage was absorbed faster in aphakic eyes than in phakic eyes(p<0.05). 3) In aphakic eyes, the vitreous hemorrhage was absorbed faster in group with PRP than in group without PRP, but it was not statistically significant(p>0.05).
