Retinal damage after argon laser iridotomy.
Am J Ophthalmol
; 101(5): 554-60, 1986 May 15.
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ABSTRACT
We conducted a prospective clinical study to evaluate potential retinal damage after argon laser iridotomy in 25 eyes of 22 patients with primary chronic angle-closure glaucoma. Kinetic perimetry and ophthalmoscopy showed no detectable damage. Iridotomy required a mean of 11.4 +/- 10 joules to achieve a patent coloboma of 200 micron after one to three sessions. Dark-prone and mydriasis tests were performed one month after surgery. Pilocarpine was discontinued in all cases. Both static perimetry and fluorescein angiography of the midperiphery corresponding to the meridian of laser coloboma done six months after surgery showed focal damage. There was no damage in control tests of the same eyes in an opposite area of the retina.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Retinianas
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Lasers
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Ophthalmol
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article