Single Session of Pattern Scanning Laser Versus Multiple Sessions of Conventional Laser for Panretinal Photocoagulation in Diabetic Retinopathy: Efficacy, Safety and Painfulness
Single Session of Pattern Scanning Laser Versus Multiple Sessions of Conventional Laser for Panretinal Photocoagulation in Diabetic Retinopathy: Efficacy, Safety and Painfulness
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficiency, safety and painfulness of retinal laser photocoagulation employing a pattern scanning laser system Pascal given in a single-session versus conventional laser multiple-session treatment of the same patient with diabetic retinopathy.
Methods: The cohort included 60 eyes in 30 patients treated at the Ophthalmology Clinic, Faculty Hospital Ostrava, from 2008 to 2013. Panretinal laser coagulation was performed on one eye using the multispot panretinal photocoagulation given in a single-session system Pascal (SSP) (OptiMedica, Santa Clara, California). On the other eye laser treatment was carried out by the classic conventional multiple-session method (MSM).
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