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PHOTOCOAGULATION IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS EFFECT ON DARK ADAPTATION
Author(s) -
ZETTERSTRÖM B.,
GJÖTTERBERG M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1973.tb06030.x
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , diabetic retinopathy , medicine , ophthalmology , retinopathy , optometry , diabetes mellitus , optics , endocrinology , physics
The dark adaptation curves were recorded with the Goldmann‐Weekers' adaptometer in 20 diabetics with retinopathy before and from five to eighteen months after photocoagulation. The ages of nine patients ranged from 20 to 40 years and of 11 patients from 40 to 60 years. No significant improvement or impairment of dark adaptation was observed after photo‐coagulation. In view of the fact that photocoagulation is used increasingly in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, this observation might be of some importance.