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Corneal endothelium after photocoagulation in diabetic patients
Author(s) -
Mäkitie Jukka,
Koskenvuo Markku,
Vannas Antti,
Jarvinen Esko,
Ahonen Reijo
Publication year - 1985
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.1755-3768.1985.tb06820.x
Subject(s) - corneal endothelium , medicine , diabetic retinopathy , ophthalmology , cornea , endothelium , diabetes mellitus , laser , laser therapy , optometry , optics , endocrinology , physics
The corneal endothelium was photographed through a wide‐field specular microscope in 38 eyes, in 20 successive diabetic outpatients receiving laser therapy because of underlying proliferative or background retinopathy. Areas of 100 individual endothelial cells from each central cornea were analysed using a digitizer. No statistically significant correlations were observed between mean cell areas or standard deviations of mean and total amount of previous laser energy received. Laser therapy or the type of diabetes did not seem to cause statistically significant changes in the endothelial cell areas examined.