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Ophthalmology

Volume 96, Issue 10, October 1989, Pages 1523-1525
Ophthalmology

Early Retinal Adhesion from Laser Photocoagulation

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Abstract

Histopathologic examination of eight cynomolgus monkey eyes and one human eye revealed that both argon and krypton laser photocoagulation cause adhesion between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) within 24 hours of treatment. The neurosensory retina remained attached at the sites of laser burns despite surrounding retinal detachment in untreated areas. This early adhesion with the laser is useful for the treatment of eyes in which the retina has been recently reattached such as at the end of a vitrectomy for a retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) or after a pneumatic retinopexy. It is also useful for the treatment of retinal breaks without detachment.

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Presented as a poster at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, May 1987, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting Dallas, November 1987.

Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc, New York, New York, and The Retina Research Fund, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

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