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EFFECTS ON CHOROIDAL NERVES AFTER PANRETINAL XENON ARC AND ARGON LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION
Author(s) -
SCHIØDTE S. N.
Publication year - 1984
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.1755-3768.1984.tb08401.x
Subject(s) - panretinal photocoagulation , medicine , xenon , ophthalmology , argon , pupil , accommodation , laser , arc (geometry) , diabetic retinopathy , optics , chemistry , diabetes mellitus , physics , geometry , mathematics , organic chemistry , endocrinology
The effect on range of accommodation, size of pupil and corneal sensitivity of panretinal photocoagulations was investigated in 30 diabetic patients. Treatments with the xenon arc or the argon laser produced significant changes in the 3 parameters one month after photocoagulation, but only when retro‐bulbar anaesthesia was used. After 6 months the range of accommodation and the size of the pupil were almost normalized. The corneal sensitivity remained significantly reduced.