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Ruby-laser photocoagulation of early diabetic neovascular retinopathy: preliminary report of a long-term controlled study.
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In this paper, the circumferential ruby laser photocoagulation technique was used to treat patients with various degrees of diabetic proliferating retinopathy (DPR) using funduscopy, photography, and fluorescein angiography.Abstract:
Between February 1967 and April 1969, 329 patients with various degrees of diabetic proliferating retinopathy have been treated by a circumferential ruby laser photocoagulation technique. Of these, 178 patients represent controls in which both eyes have equal degree of neovascular retinal disease in each eye on the basis of funduscopy, photography, and fluorescein angiography. One eye is treated, the opposite serving as a control. Seventy-two of these control patients had early neovascular retinopathy, have one or more years of follow-up, and are presented herein as a preliminary report of a detailed ongoing control study. Eighty percent of treated eyes have shown a definite improvement to a lesser stage of neovascular retinopathy. Fifty-four percent have had complete disappearance of neovascularization. All untreated controls have remained unchanged or have worsened.read more
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Perspectives on diabetic retinopathy.
Lloyd M. Aiello,Lloyd M. Aiello +1 more
TL;DR: The evolution of the understanding of diabetic retinopathy and methods of treating DR, the present clinically relevant practice for eye disease in patients with diabetes mellitus, and trends in clinical patient care over the next 3 to 5 years are reviewed.
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Semiautomated patterned scanning laser for retinal photocoagulation.
Mark S. Blumenkranz,Dimitri Yellachich,Dan Andersen,Michael W. Wiltberger,David H. Mordaunt,George Marcellino,Daniel Palanker +6 more
TL;DR: Greater precision and safety in retinal photocoagulation might be achieved by delivering a multiplicity of spots in a pattern created by a scanner rather than as a series of individually placed lesions.
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Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Release an Inhibitor of Neovascularization
TL;DR: The possibility that controlling neovascularization will aid in the treatment of these disorders has prompted an extensive search for inhibitors of new blood vessel formation as mentioned in this paper, however, the study of these inhibitors is severely limited by the fact that only small quantities of active material can be extracted from these sources.
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Subthreshold Diode Micropulse Laser Photocoagulation (SDM) as Invisible Retinal Phototherapy for Diabetic Macular Edema: A Review
Jeffrey K Luttrull,Giorgio Dorin +1 more
TL;DR: SDM, performed as invisible retinal phototherapy for DME, has been found to be effective in the absence of any retinal damage or adverse effect, fundamentally altering the understanding of laser treatment for retinal disease.
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Multiple factors in the prediction of risk of proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
TL;DR: The results support a multifactorial model for the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy; however, the mechanisms of action of the identified factors remain unknown.
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