Field loss after pan retinal photocoagulation with diode and argon lasers

✍ Scribed by Sally Buckley; Lyn Jenkins; Larry Benjamin

• Book ID: 104649397
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 252 KB
• Volume: 82
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0012-4486
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00161019

✦ Synopsis

Argon and diode laser pan retinal photocoagulation are used in diabetic proliferative retinopathy. This is a prospective study of the effects of each laser type on peripheral field loss. It shows that diabetics have significantly reduced peripheral field prior to laser compared to normals (p = 0.006). With identical pan retinal photocoagulation with either argon or diode laser there is no difference in field loss.