Double-frequency Nd:YAG laser vs. argon-green laser in the treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy: Randomized study with long-term follow- up

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-176

  Bandello, Francesco ^a,b   Brancato, Rosario ^a   Lattanzio, Rosangela ^a   Trabucchi, Giuseppe ^a   Azzolini, Claudio ^a   Malegori, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

argon green laser; double frequency Nd:YAG laser; panretinal photocoagulation; proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ARGON; NEODYMIUM;

ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LASER COAGULATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ARGON; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029798760     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)19:2<173::AID-LSM8>3.3.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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