Safety of transfoveal subthreshold diode micropulse laser for fovea-involving diabetic macular edema in eyes with good visual acuity

Retina

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2010-2020

  Luttrull, Jeffrey K ^a   Sinclair, Stephen H ^b  

^a School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; diabetic macular edema; early treatment; laser; micropulse; safety; transfoveal

Indexed keywords

STEROID; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL FOVEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIODE LASER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MACULAR THICKNESS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINOPATHY; SAFETY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSFOVEAL SUBTHRESHOLD DIODE MICROPULSE LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84925286750     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000000177     Document Type: Article

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