An Effects of Contact Transscleral Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation in Glaucoma Patients.

Hong, Seung Jin; Ahn, Hee Bae; Lee, Dong Won; Rho, Sae Heun

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1997;38(4):659-665.
Published online April 1, 1997.

An Effects of Contact Transscleral Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation in Glaucoma Patients.

Seung Jin Hong, Hee Bae Ahn, Dong Won Lee, Sae Heun Rho

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea.

녹내장 환자에서 접촉적 Diode 레이저 경공막 광응고술의 효과

홍승진(Seung Jin Hong),안희배(Hee Bae Ahn),이동원(Dong Won Lee),노세현(Sae Heun Rho)

Abstract

We observed the changes of IOP after contact transscleral cyclophotocoagualtion with Diode laser which emit 810mm beam and we tride to investigatethe suitable level and range of energy when Diode laser was applied to the refractory glaucoma patients. Fifteen eyes underwent contact transscleral cyclophotocoagulation with energy 3J(Group A, 6eyes), 4J(Group B, 9eyes) separately and intraocular pressure(IOP) was measured at 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 2 month, 3 month, 4month, 5month, 6month, postoperatively. The intraocular pressure(IOP) decreasing rate was 83.02% in A group and 64.72% in B group. The success rate was 50% in A group and 66.7% in B group at 6 month postoperatively. It is suggested that contact transscleral cyclophotocoagulation with Diode laser si useful in lowering IOP in refractory glaucoma patients.

Key Words: Diode laser;Success rate;Transsclera lcyclophotocoagulation