Drainage of Subretinal Fluid with the Diode Laser.

Oum, Boo Sup; Lee, Jong Soo

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(4):725-732.
Published online April 1, 1995.

Drainage of Subretinal Fluid with the Diode Laser.

Boo Sup Oum, Jong Soo Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.

Diode Laser 를 이용한 망막하액의 배출

엄부섭(Boo Sup Oum),이종수(Jong Soo Lee)

Abstract

We used 810 nm diode laser endophotocoagulator to perforate the choroid and retinal pigment epithelium for draining subretinal fluid during scleral buckling procedure. The laser settings reqiured for perforation ranged from 0.3 to 0.5 second of duration and from 300 to 500 mW of power. The average number of laser bums per site was 2.2 times(1-11times). Drainage was successful in all 42 rhegmatogenous retinal detachment patients treated. The complications associated with laser drainage included small subretinal hemorrhage in one eye(2.3%) and a faint laser bum on detached retina in one eye(2.3%). We believe that laser drainage is safe and requires no special skill.

Key Words: Diode laser endophotocoaulator;Retinal detachment;Subretinal fluid drainage