SUBTHRESHOLD MICROPULSE DIODE LASER VERSUS CONVENTIONAL LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION for DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA

Retina

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2059-2065

  Chen, Guohai ^a   Tzekov, Radouil ^b,c   Li, Wensheng ^d   Jiang, Fangzheng ^a   Mao, Sihong ^a   Tong, Yuhua ^a  

^a Quzhou People's Hospital   (China)

^b ROSKAMP INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

diabetic macular edema; meta analysis; photocoagulation; subthreshold micropulse diode laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CENTRAL MACULAR THICKNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; META ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMIC ARGON LASER; OPHTHALMIC DIODE LASER; OPHTHALMIC NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUBTHRESHOLD MICROPULSE DIODE LASER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIODE LASER; MACULAR EDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOLID STATE LASER; THERAPEUTIC USE; VISUAL ACUITY;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MACULAR EDEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84964380850     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001053     Document Type: Article

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