Bjerrum lecture. Treatment of diabetic retinopathy with photocoagulation. Results of photocoagulation therapy of proliferative retinopathy in childhood-onset and maturity-onset diabetes and an approach to the dosage in photocoagulation.

ABSTRACT

The results of photocoagulation treatment of proliferative retinopathy in childhood onset and maturity onset diabetes are compared with each other. It is clearly shown that childhood onset diabetes needs more photocoagulation treatment than maturity onset diabetes, and that this difference is statistically significant. From this comparison we approach the problem of the dosage of photocoagulation considering either the surface of the coagulated field or the volume of the coagulated retina. Further papers on the same problem will be published from our hospital.