Drainage of Subretinal Fluid with the Diode Laser.
- Author:
Boo Sup OUM
1
;
Jong Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Diode laser endophotocoaulator;
Retinal detachment;
Subretinal fluid drainage
- MeSH:
Choroid;
Drainage*;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Lasers, Semiconductor*;
Retina;
Retinal Detachment;
Retinal Pigment Epithelium;
Scleral Buckling;
Subretinal Fluid*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1995;36(4):725-732
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
We used 810 nm diode laser endophotocoagulator to perforate the choroid and retinal pigment epithelium for draining subretinal fluid during scleral buckling procedure. The laser settings reqiured for perforation ranged from 0.3 to 0.5 second of duration and from 300 to 500 mW of power. The average number of laser bums per site was 2.2 times(1-11times). Drainage was successful in all 42 rhegmatogenous retinal detachment patients treated. The complications associated with laser drainage included small subretinal hemorrhage in one eye(2.3%) and a faint laser bum on detached retina in one eye(2.3%). We believe that laser drainage is safe and requires no special skill.
