Pain response and follow-up of patients undergoing panretinal laser photocoagulation with reduced exposure times

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-99

  Al Hussainy, S ^a   Dodson, P M ^a   Gibson, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 38349096844     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6703026     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Research Group. Techniques for scatter and local photocoagulation treatment of diabetic retinopathy: Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Report No. 3. Int Ophthalmol Clin 1987; 27: 254-264.
2. Rimmer T, Wykes W. Quicker painless diabetic laser. Eye 2007; 21: 140.
3. Day A, Davies N. Reply to T Rimmer and W Wykes. Eye 2007; 21 140-141.
4. Blumenkrantz MS, Yellachich D, Andersen DE, Wiltberger MW, Mordaunt D, Marcellino GR et al. Semiautomated patterned scanning laser for retinal photocoagulation. Retina 2006; 26: 370-376.
5. Bloom SM, Brucker AJ. Laser Surgery of the Posterior Segment. 2nd ed. Lippincott-Raven: Philadelphia, 1997.
6. Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Local Anaesthesia for Intraocular Surgery. RCA, RCOphth: London, 2001.
7. Vaideanu D, Taylor P, McAndrew P, Hildreth A, Deady JP, Steel DH et al. Double masked randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of paracetamol in reducing pain in panretinal photocoagulation. Br J Ophthalmol 2006; 90: 713-717.
8. Weinberger D, Ron Y, Lichter H, Rosenblat I, Axer-Siegel R, Yassur Y et al. Analgesic effect of topical sodium diclofenac 0.1% drops during retinal laser photocoagulation. Br J Ophthalmol 2000; 84 135-137.
9. Cook HL, Newsom RS, Mensah E, Saeed M, James D, Ffytche T. Entonox as an analgesic agent during panretinal photocoagulation. Br J Ophthalmol 2002; 86: 1107-1108.
10. Scott J, Huskisson EC. Graphic representation of pain. Pain 1976; 2: 175-184.
11. Friberg TR, Venkatesh S. Alteration of pulse configuration affects the pain response during diode laser photocoagulation. Lasers Surg Med 1995; 16: 380-383.
12. Bloom SM, Brucker AJ. Laser Surgery of the Posterior Segment. 2nd ed. Lippincott-Raven: Philadelphia, 1997, Chapter 1.
13. Ginsburg R, Duker J. Globe perforation associated with retrobulbar and peribulbar anesthesia. Semin Ophthalmol 1993; 8: 87-95.
14. Moorman C, Hamilton AMP. Clinical applications of the micropulse diode laser. Eye 1999; 13: 145-150.
15. Mainster M. Decreasing retinal photocoagulation damage: Principles and techniques. Semin Ophthalmol 1999; 14: 200-209.
16. Luttrull JK, Musch DC, Spink CA. Subthreshold diode micropulse panretinal photocoagulation for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Eye 2007; Feb 9.