Recent developments in laser treatment of diabetic retinopathy

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-163

  Yun, Samuel H ^a   Adelman, Ron A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Laser therapy; Navigated laser; Pattern scanning laser; Subthreshold diode micropulse laser

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; MELANIN; RANIBIZUMAB; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARGON LASER; CATARACT; CENTRAL MACULAR THICKNESS; CENTRAL RETINAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIODE LASER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MICROANEURYSM; MONOTHERAPY; NAVIGATED LASER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATTERN SCANNING LASER; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SUBTHRESHOLD DIODE MICROPULSE LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; SUBVISIBLE RETINAL LASER THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; MACULAR EDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84926612491     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.150633     Document Type: Review

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