Diode Laser Endophotocoagulation.

Oum, Boo Sup; Kwak, Hyung Woo; Shin, Wook Bum

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1998;39(6):1220-1225.
Published online June 1, 1998.

Diode Laser Endophotocoagulation.

Boo Sup Oum, Hyung Woo Kwak, Wook Bum Shin

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medcine, Pusan University, Pusan, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea.

DIODE 레이저 눈속 광응고술

엄부섭(Boo Sup Oum),곽형우(Hyung Woo Kwak),신욱범(Wook Bum Shin)

Abstract

To evaluate the utility, safety, and reliability of diode laser endophotocoagulation in proliferative diabetic retinopathy, seventy-two consecutive eyes treated with diode endophotocoagulation were studied. A retrospective control group of 62 consecutive eyes undergoing vitrectoiny with argon laser endophotocoagulation was also studied. Minimal period of follow-up was 3 months. Final visual acuity was improved in 44 eyes (61.1%), and was 5/200 or better in 45 eyes (62.5%) with diode endophotocoagulation. In comparison, final visual acuity was irnproved in 40 eyes (64.5%), and was 5/200 orbetter in 37 eyes (61.6%) for argon endophotocoagulation. A rupture of Bruch`s rneinbrane was developed in 2 eyes with diode laser treatment, and a retinal hemorrhage was developed in one eye with argon laser treatment. No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups regarding the rate of visual iniprovement and final visual results. This study supports the conclusion that the diode laser is as effective for the endophotocoagulation in proliferative diabetic retinopathy as argon laser treatment.

Key Words: Diode laser;Endophotocoagulation;Proliferative diabetic retinopathy