VISUAL OUTCOME AFTER LASER PHOTO COAGULATION IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY | Zendy

Tariq Qureshi | Zendy; Ankur Goel | Zendy; Waseem Raja | Zendy; Anjum Bashir | Zendy; Nowsheen Abdullah | Zendy

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VISUAL OUTCOME AFTER LASER PHOTO COAGULATION IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Author(s) -

Tariq Qureshi,

Ankur Goel,

Waseem Raja,

Anjum Bashir,

Nowsheen Abdullah

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2278-4802

pISSN - 2278-4748

DOI - 10.14260/jemds/419

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic retinopathy , ophthalmology , outcome (game theory) , laser coagulation , coagulation , diabetes mellitus , visual acuity , endocrinology , mathematics , mathematical economics

PURPOSE: To evaluate the visual outcome after laser photocoagulation in diabetic retinopathy. METHODS: One eye each of 100 patients were enrolled in our prospective, randomized, clinical trial study with proliferative diabetic retinopathy/ maculopathy were assessed for visual outcome after treating them with laser photocoagulation. RESULTS: We observed that 62 (62%) patients showed improvement by 1 or more lines on Snell’s chart, 26 (26%) deteriorated from baseline visual acuity. The overall mean improved was 0.56 lines on Snell’s chart that is clinically significant. CONCLUSION: The results of present collection of hundred patients show a favourable influence of photocoagulation on the improvement and preservation of baseline visual acuity. Timely focal and grid laser photocoagulation helps in improving and stabilizing the visual acuity in patients with diabetic macular edema.

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